Before setting off, I had the opportunity to talk to Barbara Livingston Nackman of LoHud.com. We  discussed the itinerary, the interviews and the motivation behind my journey to find inner peace. Read the entire article here: http://www.lohud.com/article/20100919/NEWS02/9190372/Briarcliff-Manor-biker-dad-hits-road-to-find-inner-peace

Dear friends – if you are in the DC area this would be a great opportunity to meet. On September 21 at 7pm I will be at the “Carpool” in Arlington, in a “Happier DC meetup” hosted by Doug Hensch joined by many happiness enthusiasts. Hope to see you there! Here’s the link with more […]

That’s it – the moment of truth is here. It’s 10:30pm and tomorrow the Ride begins. The bike is all packed, including laptop so I’m blogging from my iPhone. As the pictures show, the luggage is pretty excessive and I’m worried about the weight distributed a little too high and too far back. Will have […]

Every ride needs a soundtrack: The Ride Of Your Life is available on iTunes and Amazon, or you can just listen for free using the widget below. I wrote the music, played the instruments, and recorded it in my basement. Hope you enjoy it! Click here to listen on iTunes > Click here to listen […]

Ride Of Your Life started as my own personal midlife cross-country fantasy. I then thought it would be nice to share my thoughts and experiences from the road using a simple blog, perhaps with some videos, Twitter, interview a few people… Eventually it became a project. The video stuff in particular was a little challenging […]

Jennifer Edwards writes about human experience as expressed in the arts and creative process, and its scientific study. A few years before setting out on the road I had the pleasure of speaking with her about motorcycles, family, creativity, technology, and inner peace. Here it is on the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-edwards/technology-and-happiness_b_719909.html

We’ve all heard that “the clothes make the man” or that “you are what you wear”. And sometimes it is pretty astounding to see how different one looks when wearing different clothes. Check me out in the picture below. No jeans, no bandanna, no leather, no boots. I’m on my way to a wedding, wearing my best […]

I got in touch with L.J. James looking for local motorcycle clubs in New York to join me on my first day of the Ride. As it turns out, L. J. Hosts a great BlogTalkRadio show called “Biker Lowdown Radio”. We spoke and decided that I’ll call-in each Wednesday when the show is broadcast live […]

I grew up in the 80s and my musical identity was shaped when hair bands where hot (which seems strange today – perhaps it was a conspiracy of the spandex industry). So to date, even though I try to keep an open aperture if musical styles as a guitar player, if I pick up a […]