Guest post by Sarah Grant. “The Inland Empire” is not just a surrealistic David Lynch film. I lived in the “IE” for eight years and I’m well aware of its ability to inspire a love / hate attitude. With an open mind and a bit of guidance there is a vast world of awesome to… Read more »
When I was a kid I dreamed of dining in a spinning restaurant. Perched high above the skyline, I’d eat shrimp cocktail and sip Shirley Temples, while my sophisticated friends and I sat in an elegant booth and watched the world move around us. Yes, in the 1980s revolving restaurants were still that cool. The… Read more »
There is a whole lot of pie out there. Not just the traditional American apple pie, though that’s definitely one of the best. We’re talking about the whole wide world of pie, from Iceland to Indonesia, with little stops along the way. Let’s travel: Fruit Pies While we could scour the earth for the best… Read more »
Last week we started our 50 states of rock tour, featuring some of the coolest rock formations from Alabama to Georgia. Now we continue on to the next ten, as we journey from Hawaii to Maryland. Hawaii: Lanai Lookout Idaho: City of Rocks National Reserve Illinois: Starved Rock State Park Indiana: Honeycomb Rock in Pine… Read more »
If you’re even remotely an outdoors enthusiast–and I mean remotely, maybe you just like to look at pretty scenery from the inside of an air-conditioned chauffeured car while you sip a very cold glass of champagne–then you’ll appreciate strange and incredible rock formations that look like they were created by a) a very twisted race… Read more »
I recently wrote a post about why much maligned Bangkok is actually a great city. Like Bangkok, Los Angeles has an incredibly bad rap. It’s predictably easy for people to hate L.A., and unfortunately too many people visit the city expecting it to be a smoggy, pretentious, traffic-clogged nightmare. Well, if you’ve got that kind… Read more »
If you’re planning a trip abroad you already know the basics. You know to get your passport months before your trip, read up on safety, and learn a few local phrases. You do some basic planning. But here are a few less obvious things to think about — things many of us learned the hard… Read more »
1. Run out of money If you’ve got a credit card you can always spend more money than you actually have! However, if your credit cards are maxed out and you’ve run out of cash, then you’re out of luck, my friend. You can try calling mom and dad or your best friend. Chances are… Read more »
Before I went to Thailand for the first time, people warned me to get out of Bangkok as quickly as possible. Head for the North or the beaches, but don’t stay in Bangkok. One person even called Bangkok “the armpit of Southeast Asia.” Not only is that offensive, it’s also entirely untrue. I’ve spent a… Read more »
Last month I took a six-day road trip from Atlanta to Montgomery to Jackson to Memphis and ended in Nashville. For those of you who live in the American South, this might seem uninteresting. But to a Yankee like me, it was a fascinating experience that I encourage any traveler to the United States to… Read more »
