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KIND OF BLUE…an exploration of my favorite hue.

The title is a riff from my favorite Miles Davis jazz masterpiece. Click on the music to get in the mood as I explore my favorite color. I love the color blue! I REALLY love the color blue. Let us explore some of my favorite blue imagery. We’ll…

THE DECKER BROTHERS BIG ADVENTURE: UBUD RIVER GORGE TRAIL. MANY MEMORIES OF A MAGICAL PLACE!

All of us have special places which bring to mind very personal memories. The “Campuhan Ridge Walk trail” in Ubud, Bali is such a place for me. Marla and I have enjoyed the trail many times over the years and on three occasions we brought Wesco Fabrics&#8217…

“LOOK UP!” A LOFTY WALKABOUT IN SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco has been a very special place for me as long as I can remember. My Grandparents first took me to “The City” when I was a little boy living in the Oakland hills. San Francisco is my favorite city on the planet; gorgeous, diverse, vibrant with…

THE DECKER BOYS VISIT UBUD BALI,….THEIR FIRST TRIP TO THE “ISLAND OF THE GODS.”

We began our Bali adventure in Ubud, known as a center for the arts and dance. The boys experienced a cultural jolt from the modernity of Singapore. We chose the Komaneka Monkey Forest Hotel as you can walk anywhere in Ubud. After 25 trips to Bali over the years primarily…

JOIN US AS WE EXPLORE SOME OF CHIANG MAI’S MOST FASCINATING TEMPLES ON THE MOUNTAIN.

We visited Wat Phra Doi Suthep on our very first trip to Chiang Mai many years ago and knew it was time to return, this time with a private guide. We found “AP Good@Travel” (http://www.apgoodattravel.com) through Viator.com, a tour consolidator. Our guide was…

CHIANG MAI TRAVELS WITH THE DECKER BROTHERS & THEIR MIMI & PAPA.

Our stop after exciting Bangkok was Chiang Mai, known as the “Rose of the North.” We checked into the Shangri-La, a hotel we used for many years while on buying trips for our company. This is a 2016 photo of Marla and our agents writing up an…

THE DECKER BROTHERS VISIT BANGKOK’S OVER-THE-TOP SHOPPING MALLS. “CAN I HAVE A FERRARI WITH MY COFFEE AT IHOP?

The Decker brothers continue their Bangkok explorations with visits to some of the most over-the-top shopping centers. We had just finished shopping at the gargantuan “Chatuchak Weekend Market” and all of us were very hot and tired. The “Boys” were surprised when I said…

DECKER BROTHERS’ BIG THAILAND ADVENTURE. CHAO PHRAYA RIVER, THE GRAND PALACE & MORE.

Marla and I dreamed of taking our oldest grandsons to Thailand, Singapore, and Bali, for ages. These are countries we explored for both business and personal pursuits for many years. After a year in planning, we finally made it happen. The image above is from our room at the Chatrium…

KENYA ADVENTURES…MAASAI FASHION, FEAR OF HEIGHTS & ANGRY ELEPHANTS

I have travel on the brain so I’m sharing a transformative past adventure to Kenya which was packaged with a cruise to the Seychelles Islands. After we arrived in Nairobi, Kenya for an overnight stay, we flew out the next morning to Kichwa Tembo Camp in the Maasai…

OPENING UP THE VAULT OF MEMORY…visual introspection. Part 2

Going through my visual scrapbook of favorite images. Above image: “Two princesses.” “A girl and her dog.” “Beautiful ladies!” “Huc Bridge in Hanoi, Viet Nam.” “The Girls playing in Tilden Park.” “Sunset in Kailua Kona, Big Island, Hawaii.&#8221…