These photos come from the Boston Public Library’s collection of vintage travel posters. All of them date back to the “The Golden Age of Travel” (1920s through the 1940s). Here’s an exert taken from the description on their Flicker page. “Travel agents and ticket offices during this period were festooned with vivid, eye-catching posters, all… Read More Decorating Ideas for Travel Addicts: Vintage Travel Posters
Side-stepping away from travel for a half-a-second, this post is about my second favorite activity: writing. I stumbled upon this girl’s blog a while back and found it fascinating. In it, she outlines the strengths and weaknesses of various personality types as they relate to people’s ability to write. If you don’t know your… Read More Personality Types and Blogging: How Personality May Affect Your Writing
They Draw & Travel: One-of-a-Kind Illustrated Maps – Very cool idea (posted on Vagabondish) The Real Buddha Bar, Tended by Tokyo Monks – Holy cow, this was fascinating. The one question I had though was this: Um, aren’t Buddhist monks supposed to condemn alcohol? Isn’t serving patrons sake shots a little hypocritical? French Lessons: Why Letting Kids Drink at Home… Read More Travelloged: This Week’s Top Pics and Posts for Travel Addicts
Finish this sentence: Home is… For me that answer isn’t an easy one. I was born and raised in Hawaii, finished high school and college in New York and have lived in 10 different cities in five different countries since then. I currently live in Las Vegas. While a part of each of those places… Read More How Do You Define ‘Home’ When You Live Out of a Suitcase?
How’s your travel vocabulary? Have you been keeping up? Here’s a list of travel-related words that have been officially recognized by the Oxford English and Merriam-Webster dictionaries. Mankini Official Dictionary Definition: a brief one-piece bathing garment for men, with a T-back. How it Relates to Travel: Popularized by the movie Borat, this is one… Read More New Travel-Related Words Added to the Dictionary in 2011
I found a ticket from Las Vegas to Phoenix, Arizona for just 26 dollars (round-trip!) and another plane ticket from Las Vegas to Bozeman (which I know sounds like the capital of a small eastern African country but it’s actually a city in Montana) for 80 dollars (round-trip). What I need from you, dear readers,… Read More Future Travel Plans: Montana or Arizona?
Happy Holidays, everybody! I visited a cactus garden outside of a chocolate factory a few days ago and took a few photos. All of the cacti were decorated with Christmas lights! Sort of pretty, no? Ethel M’s Cactus Garden 2 Cactus Garden Drive Henderson, NV 89014 1-800-438-4356 https://www.ethelm.com/home.do Tweet
At the Zombie Apocalypse Store, you can buy everything you need to survive the end of the world; from freeze-dried scrambled eggs and water-filters to wind-up flashlights and stun guns disguised as cell phones. Oh, and you also can buy a variety of swords, throwing knives, ninja stars and tomahawks…just in case, ya know, you… Read More The Zombie Apocalypse Store in Las Vegas: It’s to Die for
I was walking down an old residential part of Vegas a few days ago, when lo and behold! I spotted the gutted out remnants of an old TWA airplane in someone’s backyard. My first thought was “Wicked!” followed shortly thereafter by “Where can I get me one?” I’ve always had a thing for airplanes. I’d… Read More Airplane Boneyards: Creepy or Cool?
Punto de Vista in Costa Rica If I were to win the lottery tomorrow, the first thing I’d buy is a butler. I’ve always wanted one. Something about having breakfast served in bed every morning and never having to take out the trash or paint my toenails just sounds incredibly appealing. Well, Flipkey is holding… Read More Vaca in a Villa, Anyone? Flipkey is Giving ‘Em Away
