It's called Castillo de San Marcos and it's the oldest masonry castle in the US. The castle, built in 1672, protects the city of St Augustine and defend Spain's claims to the New World. The Castillo design evolved from the medieval castle. A towering castle was too vulnerable to artillerist. So they lowered their target-like walls, and added large mounds of dirt to stop … [Read more...] about Sleeping under the St Augustine Fortress
Driving slow on 18 Wheels - Running fast on Two
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After working tirelessly for several years on RUNINOut, I had come to an impasse. All the restaurants in the DC metro area were overloaded with marketing and the return of investment of hosting events started to diminish. There was still plenty of work building websites but I just got tired updating menus, raising prices every quarter and eventually my bountiful “desserts” turned into barren “deserts”.
In order for my startup to grow, I had to add more restaurants – that meant getting outside this blessed Beltway and exploring the highways and byways into small town suburbia.