Carnivorous Plants at the Amsterdam Hortus

When I was little… my father was famous. He was the greatest samurai in the empire; and he was the Shogun’s decapitator. He cut off the heads of a hundred and thirty-one lords…no wait…wrong intro. Let me try that again. When I was little I had this borderline unhealthy obsession with carnivorous plants. I was […]

Eurotrash Cleanup – Twee – Amsterdam

Amsterdam was my second stop on this prolific pan European tour. It is one of the most pedestrian friendly cities I’ve been to, being perfectly flat, loaded with human scale urban design, and plenty of easy ways to get around. Sometime in the past the potheads who were tired of getting lost in the forest […]

Eurotrash Cleanup – One – London

When I’m not cruising around in my flatulence powered Prius, or sipping my organic green tea while chained to fin whale, I’m usually thinking about how I can save the planet. Since I’m traveling through Europe, I’m going on a mission to save the environment here from the hazardous waste we know as eurotrash. It […]

Road and Rail through NYC to DC

For this installment of terrific trips to popular places, my destination was the District of Columbia. The first leg of the journey was covered by car all the way to the greatest city on the planet: NYC. Once there, I boarded Amtrak for a little taste of rust belt life served up bullet train style […]