Quote of the Week: George Plimpton. For more inspiration from George’s adventurous life, I highly recommend the book The Best of Plimpton and the documentary film, Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself on DVD.
Tag: travel
2014 In Review & Photos
2014 has been pretty wonderful to me. At the beginning of the year, I shared the news that I was quitting my job and traveling around the world. I planned to travel for 4 months and then settle back down. I ended up meeting an incredible English guy in Australia and extending my travel the… Continue reading 2014 In Review & Photos
Death Valley National Park
After a short but excellent visit to L.A. (my friend Michael was a very gracious host and wonderful tour guide) we got back on the road to spend a few nights in Las Vegas. We decided to take a slight (actually, major) detour along the way – we wanted to drive through Death Valley. Graham wanted… Continue reading Death Valley National Park
Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut
While I was in Europe this spring, I got to make a pilgrimage that was very special to me. I took a day trip from Berlin to Dresden and visited the shelter / meat locker where one of my favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut, survived the bombing of Dresden as a prisoner of war during WWII.… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut
Huay Pha Larm, Laos
During my time in southeastern Asia, I spent two days on a slow boat traveling down the Mekong river in Laos. Along the way we stopped at the small village of Huay Pha Larm, which has about 500 people, 80 families. Most of the villagers work in the nearby rice farms. The children ran down… Continue reading Huay Pha Larm, Laos
Bryce Canyon National Park
One of the best vacations/trips I’ve ever been on was in 2012 when I went on a camping trip out west with 3 of my best friends. When I spent 73 days on the road in the US this summer, I got to revisit the national parks from that trip — the first national parks… Continue reading Bryce Canyon National Park
San Francisco
If you’re going to leave your friends, family, home, city, possessions, and everything familiar to you for four months to travel solo around the world, I recommend that your very first stop be somewhere where you have a friend already, to ease into the adventure a bit. If possible, to the home of two of… Continue reading San Francisco
A Saturday Morning in Stars Hallow
My best friend Emma and I have many things in common, including (but not limited to) our love for books, children’s literature, Bruegger’s Bagels, the Anne of Green Gables mini-series, paper, pens, touring the homes of dead authors, bookplates, Crazy Bread, James Taylor, John Mayer, popcorn, road trips, Ireland, hooded sweatshirts, and tacos. But by… Continue reading A Saturday Morning in Stars Hallow