I’ve always wondered what it would feel like to be rich. To have deep pockets where I don’t really have to worry what things cost or keep a running budget in my head. Maybe that’s why I loved Bogota: it’s so darn cheap that I felt like I was rich for a week! Of […]
For the most part, group tours are boring. I have no interest in paying a premium to drive by monuments, visit a museum or two, and take a generic walking tour of a world capital. I can do that on my own — or most likely, I’ll skip it and do something that better fits
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I’m really lucky to have the most supportive husband in the world. Really. Mike is incredibly understanding of my travel addiction and, for the most part, lets me go wherever I want, whenever I want. Sure, he makes me pay for it myself and sure, there are a few exceptions, but he’s flexible and encouraging
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In the middle of nowhere — and yet somewhere Mike and I have driven by countless times — is Virginia’s old-school resort: The Homestead. The original lodge was built in 1766 and even though many things have changed since then, the century-old allure hasn’t changed. After five or six years of saying “maybe next time” whenever we
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My love for Central America is no accident. Like with any interest, once you grasp the basics, you can move onto learning the intricacies of something. With the details you go from a passing interest to a richer understanding and often the desire to keep going deeper. That’s how one trip to Guatemala led to another,
There’s probably no better snack than peanut butter and when it’s made from organic peanuts grown in volcanic soil, it’s even more indulgent. No one knows that better than Lilian and her family since they spend the better part of a year roasting and grinding the peanuts from 10,000 plants grown on the hills near
“It’s a tax on stupid people,” my boss used to say, and indeed I know the odds of winning the Powerball. Actually, you don’t even need a course in advanced statistics to calculate that: Powerball straight out shares that the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292 million. And yet, I bought a
Anyone else going stir-crazy? For me, it started the minute I cancelled my trip to Zion National Park. There’s something about having a trip on the calendar to look forward to that can make tough times easier to get through — and goodness knows right now falls under the umbrella of tough times. I’ve been
