Travel Confession: Orlando Edition
Forgive me Readers, for I feel chagrined. It has been, well, about 21 years that I’ve needed to confess: I secretly but not so secretly want to go to Disney […]
Category Archives: America
#FriFotos: Capitals
CAPITALS? or Capitol? Capital. The photo of CAPITAL LETTERS in Times Square was taken with a film camera (remember those?), printed in my high school’s darkroom on sepia paper, and […]
Since When Do Airplanes Look Like…
Since when do airplanes look like the inside of an inner-city bus? SEEN: On a US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Orlando: tray tables sporting perfectly manicured stick-on advertisements for […]
Earthquakes and Hurricanes and Disaster Preparedness, Oh My!
The difference between Tuesday’s earthquake and two-hours-from-now’s Hurricane Irene is that the great quake of the East Coast was so surprising. In fact, according to the Telegraph, immediately following the […]
A Few Thoughts on Reverse Culture Shock
I’d just like you to know that I’m not an idiot. I just never (never ever ever except this one time) check a bag. So, at 5:00pm, when faced with […]
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