I think one of the biggest things travel has taught me is how to be comfortable with being alone. I used to feel extremely self-conscious going to a restaurant or movie theater solo and would have never dreamed of going to a bar or club by myself. But travel forced me, mostly out of necessity,… Read More Party of One: Have you ever gone to a bar alone?
I spent an interesting and busy few days in Beijing. When I returned to work on Tuesday, my students asked me what I found most surprising about China and after considering their question for a moment, I came up with this list: Three Surprising Factoids about China: 1. There’s no Facebook or Twitter Maybe… Read More Bizarre Beijing: Three Surprising Things I Learned During My Weekend in China
If you’ve wondered where I’ve disappeared to in the last few days, I haven’t abandoned this blog, I’ve just been in Beijing! My mom works for a major airline and has recently put me on her flight benefits, which means I can now fly for free whenever I want. I flew to Beijing from San… Read More Greetings from Beijing!
About 120 miles Northwest of Las Vegas, along a piece of the Mojave desert outside of Rhyolite (a dusty turn-of-the-century ghost town) is an outdoor “open air” art museum. Though-the-middle-of-nowhere-Nevada may seem like an odd location for a sculpture exhibit, the strangest part is that all of the art is the work of a group… Read More Photograph Some Funky Belgian Desert Art at the Goldwell Open Air Museum
While searching for a photo of a sea cucumber on Flickr (Yep, welcome to how Reannon spends her afternoons), I came upon an interesting photostream of bizarre canned goods. I have no idea where these come from and can’t vouch for their authenticity, but holy canned cow, those are some pretty interesting dinner choices! I… Read More Opening Up a Can of Worms: Photos of the World’s Weirdest Canned Goods
Usually there are only a few circumstances in which the words ‘ass’ and ‘Las Vegas’ appear together in the same sentence and those circumstances are usually in reference to strippers or the drunk Hang-Over types on the Strip. Rarely do you encounter a situation in Vegas involving the animal definition of the word (as in… Read More Things to Do in Las Vegas: See some wild donkeys (and horses too, if you’re lucky)
A couple of weekends ago, I went camping in Death Valley. While there, I roasted hot dogs and made s’mores over a camp fire, visited a castle, walked along a desert river and saw the famous “pup fish” (which were pretty underwhelming, by the way), made snow angels in a field of salt, climbed on… Read More 36 Hours in Death Valley: A Photologue
Last Friday a friend and I went to a Mexican restaurant, drank some wine and learned how to paint. Three hours later, I left the Mexican restaurant with this: Before you go and ask me if the city to the right is New York or if the black blogs at the bottom are… Read More Things to Do in Las Vegas: Canvas and Cocktails
It’s not the best film about India (I preferred Slumdog Millionaire), but it’s thought provoking and provides a fairly realistic portrayal of Indian culture and the culture shock felt by many first-time visitors there. I recommend it for anyone planning a trip to India.… Read More The Film “Outsourced” Portrays Culture Shock in a Funny and Realistic Way
If my eyes could talk, they’d be saying: “Holy HELL. Turn it off!” Talk about an eye-sore. If you’re wondering where on Earth I found these photos, I discovered them while searching in the recesses of Flickr for images to use for a piece I wrote for The Flying Fugu. If you’re interested, there’s more… Read More Why, HELLO Kitty! Photos from Taiwan’s Hello Kitty-Themed “Villa”
