Roadtrip: Asheville N.C.

We drove from Fallingwater to Asheville, but arrived long after the visitor's centre had closed.  Hotel Tonight, the app that had guided us so well in Pittsburgh was showing squat in Asheville.   We drove around in the dark, wondering what to do. Then we passed a sign for The Lion & The Rose, a [...]

Roadtrip: Fallingwater

After Pittsburgh, we drove to Fallingwater, the home designed for Edgar Kaufman, owner of Kaufman's department stores in Pittsburgh.  You know this place, even if you don't think so, you do. The picture above, is probably duplicated in hundreds of thousands of vacation photo albums. See here, or here, or here.  It's a stunning building to [...]

Roadtrip: Pittsburgh

It's the middle of November, and I've got more vacation days left this year than you can shake a stick at.   Andrew is living at home for a year and can look after the dog.  Time for a road trip.  We decide to head south. Hmmm.... First stop turned out to be Pittsburgh.  Jeez, [...]

Oregon Video

Oregon 2012 from Stuart Brannan on Vimeo. We are home now, and I've compiled some video highlights from our Oregon trip. Have a look. Unfortunately it's 10 minutes long. But, if nothing else you might like the music. You'll see some of this... Arrival Airport feels like Vancouver Elaborate facial hair Cool 40's swing-jazz trio [...]