The iPad Saga…

Ten days or so ago I dropped my iPad2 and smashed the glass (sob) but luckily the case wasn’t damaged.  I began to search for repair options…Apple=$400…nope.  The cheapest on-line repair I could find was $189.  Then the Mac store in town pointed me to the Reboot Store (384 Center Street NE, 503-363-8221) right in […]

Cortona at last…

Yes, the first cappuch…a welcome sight on the first morning.  We over-slept and while the whole group was touring Cortona we sat in the breakfast room drinking in the views with the coffee. from below Cortona looks like this and at the top is Piazza Garibaldi where the Hotel San Luca is located…built down the […]

Presentation is all…

Every year R goes to the beach for a week before Christmas for his “winter retreat” which includes reading books, taking beach walks, drinking some scotch and…putting together some wacky and wonderful Christmas gifts.  His wrappings sometimes include plastic vegetable bags, shells, unidentifiable items that are familiar yet not…boxes, tins, plastic containers.  These are imaginative […]