On July 16, 1945, nuclear chemist John Balagna was perched on a mountain peak near Albuquerque, N.M., to observe the detonation of the first atomic bomb at the Trinity test site nearly 100 miles away. After more than 40 years working for the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he starting experimenting with anRead more
The first leg of my Family Tour 2007 got off to an exciting start with a visit to SkyVenture Colorado. Located in a Denver suburb, SkyVenture is an indoor skydiving experience in which you fly through the air in a vertical wind tunnel that pumps out 120 mph winds. Check out my minute-long flight here:Read more
I just wanted to check in to let you know that I will be starting a new job on Oct. 1. I will be working for Lake Erie Living magazine—a regional consumer lifestyle and travel publication that has published three issues now. Also, stay tuned for upcoming blog posts later this month, when I visitRead more