Author: Edward Pizzarello

My goal in life is to fill my family’s passports with stamps, creating buckets of memories along the way. You’ll find me writing about realistic ways for normal people to travel the world, whether you’re on a budget or enjoy luxury. I also enjoy taking us on the occasional detour to explore the inner workings of the travel industry.

NCAA Expanding March Madness Field to 68?

My favorite time of the year for sports is March Madness.  Sitting at home and watching 2 straight days worth of college basketball tournament action is still something I treasure. The NCAA had looked to expand it’s field to 96 teams this year, a…

Great Wolf Trip

I’ve had to be away from home for the last week or so.  To make the time away easier, Michelle and Catherine joined me for a few days.  We stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge, which is an indoor waterpark for kids. This was…

Catching Up-Duke Wins NCAA Championship

I’ve been running very far behind on blogging.  Hopefully, I can keep a good enough pace to keep 1 or 2 people interested. I’ll start by laying out my thoughts on Duke winning the NCAA championship.  I owe some pictures and updates from our…

NCAA Tournament Thoughts Reprised

Checking back in on my original comments about the NCAA tournament field.  I said: Michigan State would win at least a couple of games, and be a sleeper for the Final Four.  With Kalin Lucas gone.  This puts a serious dent in my sleeper…

NCAA-One More Thing

Louisville is not a scary team.  I know everyone says they are.  But they’re not.  They do have 3 seniors, and they did beat Syracuse twice.  But this team has an awful streak in them.  They lost to Charlotte and Western Carolina, at home….

A Toast to Arnie Huberman

Regular readers and close friends may remember my post last July mourning the passing of Arnie Huberman.  David encouraged me to take some bottles of Arnie’s wine home and make sure they were enjoyed. Tonight, my wife and I opened a 1996 Billecart-Salmon Champagne…

Grand Cayman, Part 2

We were only there for 5 days, but managed to get a good feel for the area.  It’s a quiet island, for the most part.  The Caymanians are quiet, comfortable people. The most interesting excursion we enjoyed was Stingray City.  Stingray City is located…