DOUG’S RETIREMENT TRAVEL BLOG

65: time to hit the road

I retired. Twice. The first time in 2022, without Leslie; the second time in 2024, with her. Maybe this time it’ll stick.

Several discreet trips; each is a category. You can select one below to see it specifically, or just walk through. They're in reverse chronological order.

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2025 August: Sacramento

Got back to California in time for Hannah Norman’s wedding. Wed July 30: 1st stop LG to rifle through storage for wedding attire &...

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5 hours ago1 min read

July 20-26: Maine

Next up: Kate Ferguson, good friend from the ‘80s. First couple days at her CABIN 😉 at Sunday River, in Maine on the New Hampshire...

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Aug 83 min read

2025 July 15-20: Essex NY

Visited Denise Wilson-Davis, a good friend of Leslie’s from the early ‘80’s, who we haven’t seen for 17 years. She lives in Essex NY. It...

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Aug 11 min read

2025 July 8-14: Hague

Visited Donna W! Fabulous time: From her front porch: Donna has a tight group of friends, all very accomplished at something. One took...

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Jul 141 min read

2025 July 5: Manhattan

On our last full day, took the subway into Manhattan. Strolled Central Park to Strawberry Fields (experience ruined by bad musicians...

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Jul 61 min read

2025 July 4: Coney Island, Fireworks

Happy birthday USA. Coney Island for the hot dog eating contest. Watched the women’s competition, got a hat (those are beans): Fireworks...

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Jul 61 min read

2025 July 3: Chelsea Inn to Chez Adrienne

Today we moved from Manhattan into Adrienne’s flat in Prospect Lefferts Garden, Brooklyn, to watch Corinna’s cat Snugglemuffin (and have...

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Jul 61 min read

2025 July 2: Roosevelt, Chelsea

Strolled Roosevelt Island, views of Manhattan from the East river…but first, a random Bowery scene with mural’d water tower: Roosevelt...

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Jul 61 min read

2025 July 1: Manhattan, pizza

Kicked around lower Manhattan in the morning & afternoon - Grammercy Square, Union Square, Village Library; lunch at Jeffrey’s (5*!): Met...

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Jul 61 min read

2025 June 30: Manhattan

Checked out of the Brooklyn AirBnB and in to the Chelsea Inn. Not the Chelsea Hotel, thought it seemed too good to be true (more on that...

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Jul 61 min read

2025 June 29: Fort Tryon, bed-study with Ad

Took the subway WAY up to 190th, Fort George, and onward to Inwood, to Fort Tryon park. Beautiful hilltop park overlooking the Hudson,...

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Jul 51 min read

2025 June 28: Rockefeller, poetry in the Bronx

Stopped for a tool around and a little shopping at Rockefeller Center: …en route to The Bronx for a poetry reading Anne Maloney had...

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Jul 11 min read

2025 June 27: Tenement, Natural History

Some of the grittier parts of Brooklyn - Myrtle Ave & Broadway: Great 90-minute tour of The Tenement Museum in Manhattan Lower East Side....

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Jul 11 min read

2025 June 23-25: HOT

The hottest day since 2012, they say. I believe it. Mon June 23: Ventured out from our air-conditioned apartment for a few hours in the...

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Jun 251 min read

2025 June 22: East River Ferry, Blyn Bridge

Discovered a nice cafe in the neighborhood: Evening, met Adrienne for a ferry down the East River, from e 90th to Wall Street. We’ve now...

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Jun 251 min read

2025 June 21: Hudson Ferry

Welcome to the summer solstice! Down to Prospect Park, the farmer’s market at Grand Army Plaza, then The Boathouse (had to settle for...

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Jun 251 min read

2025 June 19-20: Beach

Thu June 19: Our street (600 block of Jefferson Ave) in the AM: Took the A train to Rockaway beach, where we met Adrienne’s buddies Bri,...

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Jun 252 min read

2025 June 13-18: August

August here! Fri June 13: Chinatown with August. Excellent lunch from Yi Ji Shi Mo Noodle Corp. picked it up there, ate in Columbus...

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Jun 182 min read

2025 June 7-12: New York

Saturday June 7: Met the small child at The Met, spent a couple hours mostly in the John Singer Sargent exhibit, then a stroll through...

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Jun 131 min read

2025 June 1-6: Donna

Sunday June 1: Macchiato & croissant at Saraghina just around the corner on Halsey at Lewis. Then, the A train into NoLiTa Manhattan, met...

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Jun 71 min read

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