Wednesday Matinee By Jane Boursaw Destination: Brooklyn, New York Movie: 42 I’ve been racking my brain to try and figure out how to bend the movie “42“ into my Wednesday Matinee column... Read more »
Jackie Robinson Biopic 42: A Historical Trave…
Date: April 17th, 2013 @ 11:00
Around The World
Date: April 15th, 2013 @ 09:00
Destination: Around the World Book: Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit by Joyce E. Chaplin (2012) This is a big book. No surprise there, since it is about traveling around... Read more »
The Amazing Race 22, Episode 7
Date: April 15th, 2013 @ 03:59
Maun (Botswana) - Zurich (Switzerland) - Grindelwald (Switzerland) [Mont Blanc (in the furthest range, near the right) as seen across Lake Geneva from inside the Palais Wilson.] This episode of The... Read more »
An Epic Family Bike Trip Across the Americas
Date: April 12th, 2013 @ 06:00
Family Travel By Jennifer Close “Nearing the top of our very first big climb into the Andes. We were terrified of that climb, but made it!” Destination: North American and South America... Read more »
Travel Photo Thursday: Kofa Cafe
Date: April 10th, 2013 @ 12:00
Sometimes a road-trip discovery is just too perfect to believe. That is how I felt when I first saw the subject of today’s Travel Photo Thursday. Ken found it first, along the long, boring road... Read more »
Wyoming and the World Seen in a Flock of Shee…
Date: April 9th, 2013 @ 07:00
Pet Travel Tuesday Destination: Wyoming Book: Shepherds of Coyote Rocks: Public Lands, Private Herds, and the Natural World (2012) By Pamela Douglas Webster Set in the American West while connected... Read more »
A Boy’s Life in Fez Morocco
Date: April 8th, 2013 @ 09:00
Fez doorway, Photo from Flickr. Destination: Fez, Morocco Book: The Bottom of the Jar by Abdellatif Laâbi (In French 2002, Archipelago Books English Edition, 2013) Translated by Andre Naffis-Sahely Do... Read more »
Discovering the Key to Healthy Eating in Ital…
Date: April 5th, 2013 @ 09:00
Tasty Travels By Brette Sember Destination: Italy Book: A Year in the Village of Eternity: The Lifestyle of Longevity in Campodimele, Italy by Tracey Lawson (2011) I’ve tried to read A Year in the... Read more »
“When you check in, your private inform…
Date: April 4th, 2013 @ 10:43
I was quoted in Christopher Elliott's "Navigator" column in the Washington Post travel section last Sunday, talking about how personal information we provide to hotels -- including, but not limited to,... Read more »
Venice History Packed with Exciting Stories
Date: April 4th, 2013 @ 09:00
Venice Grand Canal Destination: Venice, Italy Book: Venice: A New History by Thomas F. Madden (October 29, 2012) While there is no question that Venice has a mystique about it, I have made no secret... Read more »