Sometimes the road trip is all about the destination. More often, the journey makes the road trip. Once in a while the road trip is all about the moment. PingWi-Fi and motorcycle just traveled 980 miles to witness two and a half minutes of solar bliss, the eclipse, in the totality belt … or […]
Entries Tagged as 'Wi-Fi'
The Eclipse Roadtrip … ‘Totes’ Phenom!
August 24th, 2017 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Wi-Fi
Strawberry Fields For Wi-Fi … Forever
June 26th, 2017 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Coffee Shops · Uncategorized · Wi-Fi
“No one told me there’d be days like these … Most peculiar, mama.” – John Lennon After the most recent trip to Strawberry Fields in Central Park I saw that a Facebook friend posted that it was Worldwide Beatles Day. What a coinkydink … rather … “most peculiar.” I really hadn’t even planned to […]
The Long Winding Road That Leads To NYC Wi-Fi
May 29th, 2017 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Coffee Shops · Hotels · Music · Wi-Fi
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all who have served and especially for those brave souls and their loved ones who have made the ultimate sacrifice. With all due respect for the holiday, PingWi-Fi.com is open for business and blogging …
The Kimbell Museum To Showcase Modern Art Masters
May 11th, 2017 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Wi-Fi
When my family moved to Fort Worth, it was pretty much sight unseen. No worries, right? Having already lived in one cowtown and one cowpoke town, what could be different about an even bigger cowtown? That was my limited, outsider’s impression of Fort Worth — The Stockyards, Billy Bob’s, cutting horse competitions, stock […]
In Lieu Of Wi-Fi, Ping Lays Down Rhythm At Fortress Fest
April 29th, 2017 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Music · Satire · Wi-Fi
On the eve of Fort Worth’s inaugural Fortress Festival, the Triumph Thunderbird cruiser was parked in front of a large, redbricked-warehouse-of-a-structure, next to a food trailer. Inside and in the garden behind there was one old, long-haired blogger and a bunch of Fort Worth hipster elite for a invitation-only gettogether with one of the […]
Is There No Balm In Goliad For My Soul … And My Redneck … And Wi-Fi?
July 24th, 2016 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Hotels · Wi-Fi
“That’s right, ‘I AM’ from Texas,” to misquote a lyric from AggieLand’s Lyle Lovett … but even though I am from Texas, sorry to say I don’t like very much country music. But, there have been a few moments when country music has struck a chord … I remember several of my buddies and I […]
Ping Doubles Quota … A PDQ Blog
July 19th, 2016 · Tags: Cities · Wi-Fi
Last week was The Chicken Ranch blog. This week the blog zeros in on a different kind of chicken joint. Have you checked out PDQ? Several Houston locations were my first exposure to the franchise, although I see there is at least one in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metromess. I didn’t have time to stop at PDQ […]
Wi-Fi & A Little Ol’ Tale From Texas Rock Lore
July 10th, 2016 · Tags: Arts · Coffee Shops · Wi-Fi
With this new fad, now that records … or albums … or vinyl have become back en vogue, I don’t feel as silly for still carrying around a few crates of music from back in the day. But man … I wish I had my old 45s too. For the younger audience, 45s were the […]
Rode To Omaha VS. Road To Omaha … College World Series
June 26th, 2016 · Tags: Cities · Sports · Wi-Fi
How far must I ride to get a win out of my alma mater Texas Tech in the College World Series? In 2014, I rode the new Triumph over from Columbia, Mo., not such a big deal, just 315 miles. This year, I caught the first game of the school’s second ever visit to the […]
Aussie Takes A Spin On Cycle, After Spin Cycle
June 12th, 2016 · Tags: Cities · Hotels · Wi-Fi
There’s not much worse than hotel laundries for the traveler. Seldom does anything positive come from there. To summarize: Typically the machines are old and slow Typically the machines are full, but have stopped spinning sometime … yesterday Typically the owner of the non-spinning clothes has passed out after gorging on room service The sky’s […]
