Founding The Down Under at FSU
By now my readers know I was involved in the folk music world of the 60’s. That lasted into the 90’s. I’ll tell that story another time and what eventually led me away from that clientele. There was a woman named Nancy I was interested in during my 2 years at FSU. A mutual friend, […]
Dad and Agriculture School
Dad grew up on his grandparents’ truck farm. It’s a fad now to promote “farm to table”, but in the early twentieth century farms were right in the city. Philip and Johanna Spitzer were born in the old country. They were first cousins. Explains much of the mental idiosyncrasies of my family. They were in […]
The Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge
The US Geological Survey decided they wanted an aerial map of the refuge. Interference with water flows in Florida due to drainage for development, capturing drinking water for cities and agricultural use since the 19th century had dramatically impacted the natural environment of Florida, which was basically water based. Before the flyover we went up […]
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Travels with Phil 10 – The Frank Gehry Building in Las Vegas
Almost every city, no matter how philistine, has something to commend it. An organization I was associated with decided to have an organization meeting, more than once, at Caesar’s Palace. I would not have gone except, never having been in Nevada, renting a car enabled me to visit Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam and its […]
Imagine
I do business in the Orlando area and one of my favorite things is to poke around Park Ave. near Rollins College in Winter Park. At least you can get a good cup of coffee there. One day Martha and I are walking down the street. At the door of a storefront on a corner […]
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Travels with Phil Nine – Katz’s Deli in New York City
There are few more iconic destinations in New York City than Katz’s Deli, with its hot pastrami sandwiches on Houston Street. My friend Howard (may his memory be for a blessing) taught me how to order there. You stand in line at the counter where the meat cutters are, WITH a $5 bill in […]
The Post Turtle
An old Rancher is talking about politics with a young man from the city. He compares a politician to a “post turtle.” The young man doesn’t understand and asks him what a post turtle is. The old man says, “When you’re driving down a country road and you see a fence post with a turtle […]