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Traveling back to Granddad’s Greek home

The Washington Post

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Bob carden
People were watching us. Staring, actually. My 17-year-old daughter was uncomfortable, as was her mother, my modest and distinctly non-Greek wife. On the other hand, our 16-year-old son, who shares his father’s Zorba-like hamminess, was lapping up the attention. We...
Posted in california, Stories, Travel Stories

Beer and beauty in Iceland

Boston Globe

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Bob carden
A few years ago, a friend went to Iceland to try to find a wife — or at least get a date. A men’s magazine had declared Iceland as having the most beautiful women in the world. So, after two...
Posted in Feature Stories, Iceland, Stories, Travel Stories

Dublin Pub Crawl

for Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Bob carden
In Ireland for a week, and not looking for roots or relatives. I’m here for the whiskey, and beer. I am, however, accompanied by an intellectually curious and well bred woman who is my wife—along with our college aged kids....
Posted in Stories, Travel Stories

Drinking single-malt Scotch, the rich bounty of Scotland

Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Bob carden
By the fourth dram, my glow had become a bit warmer and a light fog was settling in. A good single-malt Scotch can do that to you. The Highland Park distillery, on the far northern Scottish island of Orkney, was...
Posted in Feature Stories, Scotland, Stories, Travel Stories

Learning to be a surfer dude in Carlsbad, Calif.

The Washington Post

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Bob carden
The monster wave approached. It had to be 20 or 30 feet. Undaunted, I paddled forward. Well, all right, maybe it’s more like 2 or 3 feet. But does size really matter? I jumped onto the board, turned into the...
Posted in california, Feature Stories, Stories, Travel Stories

James M. Scott’s ‘Target Tokyo’ tells Doolittle Raid story with new twists

Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Bob carden
SLIDESHOW James M. Scott's 'Target Tokyo' tells Doolittle Raid story with new twists Target Tokyo Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor By James M. Scott W.W. Norton. 672 pp. $35 Reviewed by Bob Carden Few World War...
Posted in Business stories, Stories

The Impulsive Traveler: Gulf Shores, Ala., the Jersey Shore of the South?

The Washington Post

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Bob carden
Driving in from Pensacola Airport, we hit the beach road, passing the loud, legendary Flora-Bama Lounge as we entered Alabama. High-rise condos, framed against a glistening turquoise ocean, mixed with modest beach shacks. BMWs shared the road with rusting Ford...
Posted in california, Stories, Travel Stories

Investment fraud isn’t relegated to Wall Street: Beware the Ponzi schemer next door

The Washington Post

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Bob carden
John McKenney’s a smart guy. A lawyer and tax expert, McKenney left Washington a few years ago and moved to Sarasota, Fla. He got a tan, took up yoga, started dating a well-heeled local woman. She brought McKenney into her...
Posted in Business stories, california, Stories

Behavioral economics show that women tend to make better investments than men

The Washington Post

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Bob carden
By Robert Carden October 11, 2013 It’s happy hour at Hanaro in Bethesda, and I’m with my wife. We’re there about an hour, gobbling plates of half-price tuna rolls and washing them down with $3.50 Blue Moons. Have to hurry,...
Posted in Business stories, california, Home page article, Stories

California’s Central Coast

The Washington Post

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Bob carden
Remember that killer blonde in high school? Sure you do — every school had one. Tall, aloof, didn’t give you a second look — or a first. The less enlightened among us might have described her as “smokin’ hot to...
Posted in california, Stories, Travel Stories

Swift Secrets Of Sait Znakomstva Across The Usa

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Bob carden
Web pages survey the fact that was carried out on Russian ladies paid out dating sites produced nice thing about it which usually nearly 20-25% of Russian women have a youngster apart their initial marriage. Chances to generate partnered because...
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Sensible Solutions In Find a Brides – An Introduction

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Bob carden
International dating to Find Love You finally noticed that striking the golf clubs isn't actually the most efficient manner of meeting women. Now what?! Perfectly, chances are you'll merely hope you bundle into that perfect person, but that is not...
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Core Factors In Russian Qupid – A Closer Look

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Bob carden
You are searching for a woman who's positive, happy and awesome enjoyment to be with. If you really mean to find know Russian females, you are going to certainly need to study and discover solutions to possibly be prosperous within...
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Swift Secrets In Asian Women for Marriage Around The Uk

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Bob carden
I think we are able to most agree who trust in a regular association is crucial, with a lengthy extended distance relationship it may well get to be the ideal take note of choosing permanent achieving success. My long-distance absolutely...
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Significant Details In Bitcoin News – A Background

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Bob carden
All the "Holy Grail" is earlier a almost holy thing and it also presents a product implemented by Jesus (despite the fact there are contradictions by what them is definitely: a dish, a area, or simply a cup). How the...
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