{surprise} Finding Ben Eine’s Alphabet in London
One early morning in London I happened to walk up Middlesex Street, when I came across a bunch of letters painted on the closed up shops. It was such a nice surprise on a...
Category: Events + Sights
{ask me anything about anywhere} Your Favorite Shops in Tokyo?
People ask me for travel advice all the time, and sometimes I just don’t get around to blogging about it in advance. Here’s your chance to ask me anything about anywhere! If I have...
{crazy market} Morning Madness at Mzizima Fish Market in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Most people only visit Dar es Salaam as a stop in a journey onwards to Zanzibar or a safari. There is something in Dar that’s totally worth a visit, though: the morning madness at...
{getaway} Weekend in San Diego
San Diego! Land of enchantment. Oh, wait, I think that’s actually New Mexico. Anyway, I love San Diego, and since I went to college there (Go Tritons!) AND since San Diego doesn’t change and...
{ask me anything about anywhere} “Paris, Berlin, & Rome, with Stops In Between?”
People ask me for travel advice all the time, and sometimes I just don’t get around to blogging about it in advance. Here’s your chance to ask me anything about anywhere! If I have...
{saucy getaway} Strolling Streets and Sampling Treats in Puebla, Mexico
A few months ago, I posted about some of my favorite things to do in Cholula, Mexico. This is the companion post, about Puebla. (If you go to Puebla, you will go to Cholula,...
{weekend getaway} 26 Miles Across The Sea… Catalina Island
When we were kids, our parents would sing us this song, which starts like this: 26 Miles across the sea, Santa Catalina is a-waiting for me, Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, romance,...
{perfect day} A Tale of Two Cities – Cholula, Mexico
Cholula is a town that’s just outside of Puebla, but there are actually two Cholulas, in more ways than one. The first way: literally. There are literally two Cholulas–San Andrés Cholula and San Pedro...
{photojournal} Dixon Demolition Derby
For my birthday last year, I asked my friends and family to get tickets for a Demolition Derby in Dixon, CA, which is a small town about 75 miles east of San Francisco. I...
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