On Saturday morning February 5, 2022, Tom’s alarm went off at 5:20am and his groggy wife didn’t hesitate to question the earliness of the wake-up call. Vicki seemed to accept Tom’s rationale once my photographer told her we needed to…
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181: SCHLEMIEL, SCHLIMAZEL, HASENPFEFFER INCORPORATED!
Legendary rock star Alice Cooper once said of Milwaukee: “It’s pronounced “mill-e-wah-que” which is Algonquin for ‘the good land.’” For the three of us, there wasn’t a better day to head for “The Good Land” than on Friday February 4,…
180: ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’ FEATURED THE FANTASTIC JAMES K. POLK
One of the greatest Presidents in our history always seems to “come up short” in the minds of most Americans when they discuss the best of the best. But after my photographer and I had visited many of the sites…
179: WATCH ME TIP MY CANOE WITH TYLER, TOO ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
On February 11, 2022, the talented folks at GBS Media in Port Huron, Michigan published another episode of my show ‘Hail to the Chief’. In that segment, my photographer and I paid tribute to our tenth President John Tyler. Please…
178: THE DAY THE MUSIC WAS RESURRECTED
When Tom’s alarm went off at 6:00am on Thursday February 3, 2002, the room was infused with the sound of ‘I Got You Babe’ by Sonny and Cher. I knew we hadn’t left Woodstock, Illinois yet, but I wondered to…
177: IN PHIL’S FOOTSTEPS – GROUNDHOG DAY 2/2/22
It had been a long three months since my last cross-country journey, and I was itching to hit the road – even though my photographer had dubbed our early February trip “The Winter Dance Party Tour”. In my mind, that…
176: W.H. HARRISON FEATURED ON MY SHOW ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Yesterday, February 5, 2022, I returned home from my ‘Winter Dance Party Tour’ where I visited several sites and saw a concert associated with the 1959 Winter Dance Party. During my five-day adventure that took me 1,376 miles through Indiana,…
175: FAST TIMES WITH A RIDGEMONT JUDGE
The 21st day of our trip began when Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am. My photographer wasted little time getting things packed and ready to roll; after all, we were 80 miles behind schedule. The weather was ideal on Thursday morning…
174: MY HAIR-ROWING EXPERIENCE WITH MVB ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Most people don’t know a lot about our 8th President Martin Van Buren; mainly because the biggest thing he was famous for was his unruly sideburns. However, my photographer and I have visited a few sites associated with ‘Old Kinderhook’…
173: THE FINAL RIDE OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
Tom’s alarm went off in our Brenham, Texas hotel room at 6:00am on Wednesday October 27, 2021. By the time my companions had dressed and packed their stuff, the anticipated storm hit with the intensity and fury the meteorologists had…