Getting Around Mexico City

People who visit Mexico City are the same type of people who visit New York City, Chicago, and Washington DC. Travelers who go to these great world cities, go for food, sites, culture, museums, and history.  And just like the great cities in the USA, Mexico City has an exceptional transportation system. There are a…

How To Get A $20K Kitchen for $7,200

We haven’t remodeled our kitchen at our current place, but we have remodeled our Frederick property and have learned a few things we’d do again, and a few things we’d do differently. We did almost all the work ourselves, and if you are curious or so inclined, you can do most of it yourself. You…

Kids, Thoughts On Selecting A Career

With tuition reaching $20K – $50K per year, and colleges seeming to offer degrees in everything from Mathematics and Business Administration to Medieval French Literature, it seems to me that college education isn’t as good an investment as it was when I was a kid. I do believe in academics and education, but are Universities…

Pricing Used Cars – Good Bye “Blue Book”

I’ve been known to buy a used car from time to (all the) time. I especially like 5+ year  old American made cars that depreciate in value a lot more quickly than Japanese, and German models (I’ve learned to stay away from everything Land Rover and Jaguar, the hard way).  I also buy most of…

A Budding Botanist?

This is a picture of a budding Botanist, or at least a gardener.  Chris, my youngest son, had a school project for biology. The intent of the project was to design an urban container garden that would minimize impacts of urban growth and could be applicable to a field-to-table restaurant. No, I am not making…