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Farewell, Musical ChairsJanuary 27, 2026 - 1:42 pm
Sardinia and the Road to Cala Gogone (That I Never Reached)January 24, 2026 - 2:50 pm
Chimichurri, My Way: A Recipe from FORKS (and a Few Thoughts About Algorithms)January 21, 2026 - 4:57 pm
60 Hours Trapped on a Cargo Ship: From Ukraine to Georgia (and Into the Unknown)September 2, 2025 - 1:49 pm
The Most Precious Gift You Can GiveApril 29, 2025 - 7:15 am
Farewell, Musical Chairs
/0 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanSouthwest Airlines ends open seating. I raise a hand. Not in mourning. I’m a traveler. I just don’t always look like one. Most days at home in San Diego, my motorcycle collects more dust than miles. But when curiosity taps me on the shoulder, I go. Ski towns. Wine country. Family scattered across time zones. […]
Sardinia and the Road to Cala Gogone (That I Never Reached)
/2 Comments/in Europe, Italy, Spain, Travelogue, Videos /by allanThe ferry from Barcelona had deposited me in Sardinia four days earlier, and honestly, I was grateful just to be upright and riding. Barcelona hadn’t exactly ended on a high note. The last night—Johnny’s last night before he flew home—we’d discovered a tapas place in the Gothic Quarter where people queue for hours just to […]
Chimichurri, My Way: A Recipe from FORKS (and a Few Thoughts About Algorithms)
/0 Comments/in Argentina, South America, Travelogue, Videos /by allanThis post shares my chimichurri recipe from FORKS—and a few honest thoughts about making what I love, even when the algorithm tells me I shouldn’t. I Don’t Give a Damn About the Algorithm There. I said it. The YouTube experts will tell you I’m doing it all wrong. One day I’m posting motorcycle adventures through […]
60 Hours Trapped on a Cargo Ship: From Ukraine to Georgia (and Into the Unknown)
/0 Comments/in Europe, Georgia, Travelogue, Ukraine /by allanI thought I was just catching a ferry. A quick ride across the Black Sea. A little downtime. A chance to do some laundry, edit photos, sip Ukrainian wine in my cabin, and land in Georgia refreshed and ready for the next leg of the journey. But the moment I rolled into Chornomorsk, Ukraine, and […]
️ From Wall Street to the World’s Best Motorcycle Roads: Scott Moreno of IMTBIKE [PODCAST Ep 76]
/0 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanThe Most Precious Gift You Can Give
/0 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanIn a world of constant notifications and endless scroll, presence has become a radical act. We give gifts, favors, advice—but the rarest thing we offer each other is our time. In this piece, I explore what it means to truly show up—for the people we love, and even for those we barely know. Because not all time is created equal—and the best moments often ask for nothing but us.
A Love Letter. A Heist. And a Reckoning in Rome.
/0 Comments/in Europe, Italy, Travelogue /by allanI flew to Europe for a celebration, a moment of family triumph. I left with a deeper understanding of loss, gratitude, and what truly matters. Rome gave me everything—and then it took something irreplaceable. This is a story about memory, serendipity, and finding resilience in unexpected places.