My Upstate New York road trip was fast coming to a close. Keuka Lake and Corning were in the rearview, and after a weekend in Rochester I gave my sister Margaret a big goodbye hug and pointed the car back towards Albany. But I had one more stop to make before I’d hit home. In many…

Greetings from California! After Burning Man, I flew from The Silver State to the Golden State for two weeks of California dreamin’. I’m here not only to spend time with my dad and my dog (both of whom are recent transplants to the city), but also to show around two first-time California visitors. Having spent quite…

After dragging my big sis Margaret along on my Upstate New York adventures all over Keuka Lake, Corning, and a glass-blowing workshop, we were both happy but exhausted. And my road trip wasn’t over yet! So we headed up to Margaret’s hometown of Rochester, New York, to really relax for a weekend. You know, lay around…

After my last post, many of you expressed that you’ve never heard of Corning. That’s not really a huge surprise; after all, it’s a big world and Corning is a relatively small town in Central New York. But there is one community in which Corning is mentioned with a knowing nod, in which Corning is the…

I’m back from Burning Man. While technically we left Black Rock City late Sunday night, between travel time and de-playa-ing it wasn’t until today that I was back in front of my laptop. I’m teetering on the edge of overwhelmed as I look at the backlog of work that’s piled up in my absence, yet still…

There’s something a little corny about going all out on alliteration in a kooky title like Crazy for Corning, but what can I say? It’s simply the kind of sweet small town that inspires such silliness. Okay, I’ll stop now. Alliteration and corniness aside, there is something cool about Corning. While Corning is often lumped in…