I always liked to make things. As a kid, I created a comic series about unstoppable football players, transformed empty refrigerator boxes into a backyard world’s fair, and later cut-and-pasted hand-drawn concert programs for an indie rock band I played in. I also … Read on
Do you find inspiration from famous travel quotes from dead people from 2500 years ago? I don’t, not much. But I’m banking that you do by assembling, in 20 minutes or so, the Top 10 Greatest Inspirational Travel Quotes Made by Dead Men … Read on
Every now and then I tweet out a puzzle: who IS the greatest American rock’n’roll band ever? The English have their Stones, Zeppelin, Who, Clash, Beatles. Canada has Rush, Australia has AC/DC, Ireland has U2. And Switzerland has their Krokus. The best of … Read on
I spent yesterday sitting cozy in a favorite arm chair, a mug of hot tea by my side, and an array of Top 10 lists in my lap — in fact 10 of the travel publishing world’s biggest lists of “where to go” … Read on
Travel’s great. But not everything that happens in travel is worth an “ooh-ahh” or a pat on the back. This space is for VIOLATORS in our collective progress in striving to enjoy the world. And so, here’s a… Meet-and-greet with the TRAVEL JAIL … Read on
It’s fashionable to tout “travel like a local” (usage of the term in blogs, for one, is up 376% in the past five years), but I don’t think that nails it. It’s more like travel in the company of locals. I say this … Read on
