Berlin, 25 years after the Wall came down
I had the good fortune to be in Berlin, Germany last week on 9 November, 2014, the 25th anniversary of the “fall” of the Berlin Wall. I use the word […]
I had the good fortune to be in Berlin, Germany last week on 9 November, 2014, the 25th anniversary of the “fall” of the Berlin Wall. I use the word […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Author note: This post was inspired by an absolutely beautiful essay of the same name by Erica Ho on The Hairpin. If you are a travel blogger too, I’d love […]
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from reading travel blogs, it’s that travel blogs love to make lists. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m new here. I could tell you […]
The pope visits a city and for two or three frenzied days we receive updates on our timelines about highlights of speeches and photos of crowds. I know this, because I’ve […]
Nestled thirty miles north of the New York metropolis area lies a tiny village blanketed by a legendary literary lore. Nearly two hundred years after Washington Irving brought to life […]
Like any other average Paul Simon fan, I naturally spent a good number of years obsessed with the idea of going to Graceland. Now, I shall endeavor to spend as […]