Travelers’ Night In — Festivals!
Strange foods, crazy costumes, and all the beer you can drink: it's FESTIVAL time!
Travel/Adventure Book Review: Hothouse Flower
Hothouse Flower: the ultimate dysfunctional adventure through the Yucatan jungle.
Travel Blogs: Best of the Week (August 22-28, 2010)
This week: Rajasthan, Haifa, Cusco, and a secret paradise in the Philippines.
Travelers’ Night In — Water World!
From surfing to rafting to sunning on the world's sexiest beaches: a great #TNI session!
Photo Essay: Beautiful Canals in Bruges, Belgium
After a whirlwind tour of Europe, catch your breath in beautiful, beguiling Bruges.
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Travelers’ Night In — Festivals!
On this week’s round of Travelers’ Night In, the interactive Twitter discussion for avid travelers and travel lovers, the theme was festivals! As always, ten questions were asked, people responded while tagging their tweets #TNI, and learned quite a bit about some new destinations! Q1. Strangest festival you’ve ever... [Read more]
Travel/Adventure Book Review: Hothouse Flower
TLC Book Tours were kind enough to invite Adventurous Kate to host a stop on the tour for Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin. The hosts for this online book tour are book bloggers, gardening bloggers and travel bloggers. As a former short fiction editor, I was eager to finally review a full-length novel. The summary: In the heart of New York City, hidden in the back... [Read more]
Travel Blogs: Best of the Week (August 22-28, 2010)
Image: churl As always, I’ve added more RSS feeds to my Travel Blogs Bundle on Google Reader. Won’t you subscribe? ;-) Here are some of my favorite travel blog posts from the past week: Hipster Haifa: Masada Street: You know how much I love graffiti posts! Adam of Travels of Adam is currently living and interning in Tel Aviv and took a trip to see Haifa. Masada Street is quite the... [Read more]
I Found My Boston
Autumn in the Fens, across the street from my apartment. When I was twelve years old, I was accepted to Boston Conservatory for classical piano performance. Every week, my mom and I made the trek to the Conservatory from the suburbs, riding the T until we burst onto the sidewalk at Hynes Convention Center Station. This neighborhood — home to Boston Conservatory, Berklee College of Music,... [Read more]
Travelers’ Night In — Water World!
On this week’s round of Travelers’ Night In, the interactive Twitter discussion for avid travelers and travel lovers, the theme was Water World — anything having to do with water-related travel! As always, ten questions were asked, people responded while tagging their tweets #TNI, and learned quite a few travel tips and ideas! Here were this week’s questions: Q1. Best place to catch... [Read more]
Photo Essay: Beautiful Canals in Bruges, Belgium
Bruges is a quiet storm of a town: tranquil on the surface, yet fascinatingly compelling. Located in Flanders, Belgium, not far from the North Sea, Bruges is best known for its romantic setting on a series of canals. Of course, Venice is Europe’s premier city of canals. But Bruges, though it has its share of tourists, is much quieter, more peaceful, cleaner, and more geared toward adults.... [Read more]
Tips for Traveling With Curly Hair
Having wild, curly hair is a double-edged sword. Yes, there are occasions when it looks amazing — but most of the time, it’s out of control with a mind of its own! If you have wavy, curly or otherwise uncontrollable hair, you’ve likely got styling it down to a science: perfect products, tools and humidity conditions. But when you travel, especially long-term travel, you don’t... [Read more]
Travel Blogs: Best of the Week (August 15-21, 2010)
Image: churl Once again, I’ve added more RSS feeds to my Travel Blogs Bundle on Google Reader. Won’t you subscribe? ;-) Here are some of my favorite travel blog posts from the past week: British Release Hilarious Etiquette Guide for the 2012 Summer Olympics: The hilarious post of the week comes from Bret at The Jetpacker. I laughed quite a bit at the unintentionally pamphlet distributed... [Read more]
My Night With Vanilla Ice
Image: BluEyedA73 Spring break for American college students is defined by the following: drink specials, beach parties, booze cruises, dancing all night long, beer bongs, random hookups, wet t-shirt contests and Joe Francis filming girls with low self-esteem, all set in beachy destinations like Cancun, Mazatlan, Jamaica and Panama City Beach. I never had a typical American spring break. Neither... [Read more]
Beautiful New England — and Contest Winner!
As I mentioned earlier, I’ve lived in New England just about my entire life. I grew up in Massachusetts, went to college in Connecticut, spent much of my summers in New Hampshire, and now live in Boston (for the next week, anyway!). While I won’t live here forever, it’s been nice for the past 26 years. As a result, I know this area of the world quite well! A few of my favorite... [Read more]
