Tagged: travel
Hemingway Home: Past, Prose, & Polydactyly in Paradise
A visit to the Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West is a perfect encapsulation of the uniquity of the southernmost point in the United States.
Juxtaposition Nation: Israel at 75
Israeli society and culture are just as seemingly contradictory as are its geography and settlement.
Sunday Morning! Traveling with Laurence Sterne and Michel Houellebecq
Two visions of pleasure travel from Laurence Sterne and Michel Houellebecq 230 years apart, offer two very different ideas of being-in-the-word.
The Time Mike Pence Just Shot a Man in the Face
This story is entirely fictional. To our knowledge, Mike Pence has never administered experimental doses of Thorazine to the mentally ill.
Real America Is As It Is Made
The entire genre of “Real America” is predicated upon the rural, urgent, rough, and weird being more real than the polished humans we present
Weekend Plans Post: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Might Not Have Been A Train
Recovering from Disneyworld. And that’s why, this weekend will be just spent doing low-key stuff. Maybe some grocery shopping in person.
Life, Legacy, and Divine Intervention
I know it’s never the “fault” of the person responsible for fixing it, so I always try to keep my cool when life gets in the way of my plans
How Do You Know Where to Go?
It doesn’t have to be perfect or tour-quality. You like beaches? Castles? Mountains? Just pick a place and go.
Best Meal Ever Week: Indulging in Food Memories
It was one of those moments where musician and music, setting and atmosphere collide and time stands still.
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
So much is happening right now that it’s hard to pay attention to any one particular thing, particularly my implausible escapades.
Remembering A Visit to Celestial Seasonings
There are two kinds of tea leaves that you have to keep in an airtight room.
A Love Letter To The Blue Ridge Parkway
For most of us across the country, today was the first day it truly felt like fall. Not just because heat wasn’t breaking records like it was a game or something, but due to...
Down in New Orleans
The city has been destroyed many times over, by war, fire, disease, and flood. Each time, she comes back to life, more vibrant than before but with another layer of rich history atop her deep and storied façades.
Rules of the Road: Very Open Ranges
So I’m proud that I began worrying about gas stations at about 125 miles left in the tank.
Rules of the Road: The Sonora Pass
I realized Sonora Pass wasn’t that far out of the way… and so it began.
