CHOICE......we all have it and we all make those decisions that determine what happens to us in our lives. What is often overlooked is the size of decisions that propel us into the void. Most of the time they are tiny seemingly inconsequential choices about what to eat, where to spend that precious moment of free time, or the choice to sit it out or dance. All of them small in their own right but put together draw the line of your life.

Sitting yesterday at the airport I noticed one of those choices. I couldn't help but wonder how confusing it would have been if Mayo was allowed to participate. Or maybe this gave the appearance of choice but in reality was no choice at all? HUM. So next time you want to get somewhere other than where you are now....remember this.

It's the tiny choices we make everyday that either propel us toward our dreams or push us away from them.

Author...me of course.

Enjoy the ride,

Miles

Downtown at the Denver Diner

Every city has it's late night hotspots. Austin used to have Katz's now locked up, and the Magnolia. Baton Rouge had the funky waffle house on the highway which for a long while was one of my personal favorites. Of course its hard to beat the Clover in the Quarter in New Orleans if you think about characters. Even the little places have their entries. How about the Dairy Palace in Canton? Really the food is good all over the place but the thing that sets them apart are the folks inside. Clientele as they say. The wide variety of cuisine can be mind numbing late at night with just a hint of peach vodka circulating the medulla. My personal favorite these days is the steady eatery.... The Denver Diner. The DD has the prerequisite 285 menu items from meatballs to grits. Numerous street characters come in and dine day and night and the wait staff is bitchy enough to scare just about anyone. If you get a chance and you're hanging around near downtown Denver on some snowy night head on over to Colfax and get a cup of joe and a triple decker club with extra cheese. Go on I dare you....

Miles

it's all in the Plan...Mutate or Die

We have all enjoy a bar napkin romance or two in our lives...Ok. maybe not. But today I submitted the plan for this years LOVE CABANA. Credit to the ever creative JL for her last years artistry on the Pharaoh boat. I am hoping the DMV hotties will approve the design of the Cabana and all attached info. What do you think? The beast sits quietly outside the villa waiting for the makeover. I just hope I can figure out the details of getting it there. Prior to Burningman I do see the LOVE CABANA making a trip down Congress in Austin. Make your reservations now... The word will get out.

Enjoy the ride,

Miles

Let the Games Begin....NOISE is back

Hola my fine friends.

It's taken a few months and some motivational tapes but I am back. The Blog and one photo a day has returned. I doubt that I will have a photo for you every day as that was one of the hardest things I have ever done... but I will do my best and for sure there should be some interesting journeys in the "Slow Dance Around the World".

The HQ these days is the porch of the Villa HIlla as it has been off and on over the last couple of years. I am using new software to try and get out to the world what crazy things are going on, So this time you actually have to confirm your my email to you. You also can subscribe directly to the blog through the website. There are some new things on the website so jump over and take a look. Please tell your friends about the blog and have everyone you know become a subscriber and follower. Won't they love you for that one.

So, here is what is coming up....

A trip to Boca del toro, Panama
A road trip to photograph the Bears of McNeil River Alaska
A crazy NOLA trip
Burningman
An african photo safari
Bullfighting lessons
Ultralight airplane lessons
Ecuador
Dogsledding
The Terlingua Chilli Cookoff
The Texas Water Safari
A few tennis tournaments sprinkled in..

And a bunch more.....that just fall out of the sky.

So, new websites going up

The Rogues Club- a site about reinventing your life
La Encore- the photography site about beauty over 40
One More MIle Travel- the site about road travel in the US.

I will be back on Facebook under Miles Hill. If you haven't friended me there you will have to "get r done".

So Please spread the word and stay tuned.

Ciao,

Miles

Belize and Beyond

Back from Belize. Feel a lot like a fish....out of water.... the Sundancer II not a bad way to spend a few days. Great Crew and new friends.... Ask for Tiffany at the Radisson Hotel bar. Very good rum punch.... Careful....Not too much.

Miles

First Monday again. Canton here I come

My new model. Jillian. A friends grand daughter. Where do you women get this look? She is ten. She will cut a very wide path.....boys beware.

Rodeo Sushi

Mesquite is known for a lot of things...Ok, well not that many except maybe the rodeo and the French Club banquet.... One thing that still makes me laugh is it has one of the tastiest sushi restaurants I have ever been to. Those that know me will understand my craving for the naked bounty of the sea. In Mesquite? Seriously? Kaze by Towneast Mall. This is the Eric special. Great company helps...but the food is awesome.