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Ten Helpful Tips for First Time Visitors to Italy

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21 Dec
2025

Here are ten helpful tips for first time visitors to Italy. I have been there the past three years with first-time visitors. Andiamo!

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Attending a Premier League Match – episode 4, suffering for Southampton

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14 Dec
2025

My younger son, Riley, and I went to watch Southampton play last season. We stayed in London and took the train there and back.

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Attending a Premier League Match – episode 3, Guys long weekend in London

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28 Nov
2025

Another option for attending a Premier League game is to plan a guy’s long weekend to London. This blog describes that approach in detail.

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Attending a Premier League Match – episode 2, Manchester City wins the trophy

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15 Nov
2025

I share a trip that my younger son and I took to Manchester and other parts of Europe. We were able to see Man City raise the trophy.

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Attending a Premier League Match – Episode 1, North London Derby

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07 Nov
2025

In this blog I share the details from attending my first Premier League match, the North London Derby. It was a blast and we will be back.

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Picking a Serie A football team to support forever

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31 Jul
2025

I am a football fanatic. Recently I decided to pick a Serie A Italian football team to support. I look forward to returning to Florence soon.

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Here are three innovative ideas that will make the beautiful game, European football, better

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16 Jul
2025

I love the game of football, aka soccer. However there are some problems with the modern game. Here are three ideas to make it better.

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Time to pick the new Premier League team I will support next season

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29 Jun
2025

It is time for my annual special edition blog, where I pick the Premier League team I’ll support next season. […]

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BB2ME #55 – fight like hell to make a horrible streak come to an end

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30 May
2025

I share BB2M# #55. It is about the fact that all streaks come to an end. My favorite streak ending was in Virginia football in 2019.

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BB2ME #54 – how well can you sing and play lead guitar simultaneously?

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27 May
2025

In this blog, I share BB2ME #54 – you must be able to sing lead and play guitar at the same time. It is based on an event from work.

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