We discover the Downtown Inn isn’t. Downtown, that is.

Playing Dodge-em with semis in an underpowered car...is *not* fun.

We consider the doubtful joys of airport parking. And of the (shudder) TSA checkpoints.

And we’re off to Durham, N.C. to see our friend Vincent. He’s cool...and it is a happening place.

Okay, today...believe it or not...I’m going to finish up with our trip to Durham. No. Really. I am. There was only one minor (albeit...

Picking up where I left off in Durham... Sunday was our last day in the city. It also proved to be the fullest. Forgive me, then, if I...

Okay, everyone, back to our adventures in Durham... The next day, Saturday, we slept in a little. The day before had been longish and we...

And still more about the Bennetts, plus four annoying guys, of whom (alas) I was one.

How one of the most important events in American history happened in a poor little house in North Carolina.

Meeting the Bennetts, a working class family of the rural South...in a war.

As you know, I’m in New England. In fact, we just got to the Boston-area. But, I also promised I would try to keep the Durham story in...

And thus we have a perfect, linear progression: genocide, slavery, war, and, finally, a plague of cancer...

Some notes on the fabulous Doris Duke (1912-1993)

Strangely enough, I have a (very, very, very) distant connection to the Duke family. Sorta. In a way.

All about the origin of the Duke fortune and good old Durham, N.C.

Hey, Everyone! So today, I’m picking up where I left off...with us in Durham... The next morning, we got up, put ourselves more or less...

In which, our heroes continue their fearless exploration of Durham, N.C.

Hey, everyone! I’m picking up where I left off with my notes from our trip to Durham. As you’ll recall, we had just landed and driven to...

Okay, picking up again from our trip to Durham. As I said before, I’m trying to reproduce the notes I took in a little spiral steno pad...

Hey, Everyone, So I’m picking up where I left off last time. As you’ll recall, I’m recounting our adventures in Durham, NC, which we...