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Travel is the best education: Help send my teacher-friend’s students to Costa...
I am the staunchest believer that travel is the best education. Even the best teachers and the finest schools can not prepare you for that moment when instead of imagining, you are experiencing. This...
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Thoughts on being American
It occurred to me this morning that I really need to shop for new underwear. I mean, the pair I blindly pulled out the drawer before my shower last night has a rather unsightly hole in the front, the...
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#FriFotos: Westward Ho!
It’s been almost one year since I took that multi-state “Vision Quest” through California and Arizona, which I now realize I never really wrote about fully. Hmm. Well, however untimely, here are a few...
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Instagramming my way through New Orleans
True fact: my recent trip to New Orleans was the first I eschewed my traditional camera in favor of taking photos exclusively with my iPhone. I didn’t plan for this; I did pack my camera. But I...
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#FriFotos: Keeping up with Japanese Style
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Japan dislodged itself from the present and now exists in some kind of space-time future. Things that can be found on a normal stroll through Tokyo include:...
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What is Happenning in Istanbul?
Reblogged from İnsanlik Hali: To my friends who live outside of Turkey: I am writing to let you know what is going on in Istanbul for the last five days. I personally have to write this because at the...
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Why we need to care about Istanbul (and keep traveling, too)
You may have noticed by now that I’m a rubbish blogger. I go places, then I hold onto them in my head and my heart for months (and sometimes years), my summation of a place and its effect on me often...
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#FriFotos: A Winter evening descends on Paris
And it’s very pretty. #FriFotos is a Twitter event founded by @EpsteinTravels. Search the hashtag every Friday to see photography from around the world illustrating the theme of the week. To see my...
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Haleakalā: Come for the sunrise, stay for the extraterrestrial
Among Maui’s best offerings (of which, I know, there are dozens – including this) is a trip to the top of the volcano Haleakalā at sunrise. The legend of Hawaiian mythology says that the demigod Maui...
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Please stop using this awful travel writing cliché. Sincerely, a reader.
Maybe you guys can identify with me. There is one city so close to my heart. It’s personal; I did my best growing there. After I did my growing, it spit me out into the world. I moved on, and realized...
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December in New York
Floods of people. So many people that if they were not people but drops of water falling from the sky they would lift an arc, an arc filled with assorted pairs of beasts. Beasts. While we are on the...
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Travel Superiority Complex, or, the Two Types of Travelers (those who love...
It’s been a while since I graduated college, but it hasn’t been a while since the new assistants at my company have graduated college. So, I guess I forgot about the two camps of young American...
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Where to eat (and drink!) in Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC is one of my favorite places in the United States. Since my best friend moved down there in 2008, I have tried to fly down whenever I can. It is an easy two-hour flight from Philadelphia...
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Global gift giveaway!
Hey guys! I have a $75 gift code for NOVICA to give to a reader! In conjunction with National Geographic, NOVICA hosts an online fair trade marketplace that showcases thousands (literally thousands!)...
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A response to “Don’t date a girl who travels”
This post is a response to “Don’t date a girl who travels.” If you are like me (and by “like me,” I mean on the internet last week), you saw the “Don’t date a girl who travels” link pop up and be...
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BATTLEBLOG: IS NEW JERSEY THE WORST STATE IN AMERICA?
Frequently referred to as the “armpit of America,” New Jersey is possibly the least-liked state in the Union. It’s not helped by pop culture (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire), or its shitty politicians...
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Throwback Thursday: Olympics vs. Super Bowl
Sometimes, like on online dating profiles, I like to throw in nifty facts about myself without context. One such fact is this: I have attended a post-Super Bowl victory riot, and lost one job as a...
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I suck at blogging. Love me anyway?
Since I last wrote you, I’ve been to Chicago, Dallas, and Tampa. All were swell times, and I hope that someday I can write about them. But, I’m going to be in Barcelona for a few weeks, starting pretty...
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This post is slightly political. Here’s a picture of my boobs.
I read a very interesting book recently that has almost nothing to do with the topic I really want to discuss, but sometimes that’s the wonderful thing about reading; expose yourself to enough ideas...
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How Travel Almost Killed Me: What All Women Should Know About Flying, Birth...
The words I am about to write have been bouncing between the walls of my skull for the past year. They never rest, though they do get quiet during periods of no travel or when I’m alone. When I’m up in...
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