This past 4th of July I met a man who’d had his telephone area code tattooed to his shoulder. I was dumbfounded when he told me this. We were sitting around a bonfire in Santa Cruz, California when the topic of tattoos came up. “But…Why?!” was all I could think of to say in response.… Read More The Patriotic Tattoo
Alice in Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” – G. K. Chesterton “So how are you adjusting to life back in the US?” That’s a question I’ve gotten asked… Read More Alice in Americaland
Americans don’t travel abroad for a simple reason: they don’t want to. … Read More Why don’t more Americans travel abroad?
Globe Trotter by Carolyn B. Metro. I love this girl’s art! “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark Everyone has their people; their ‘peeps’, their posse. You know, the people to whom you can talk in vague terms with and just know… Read More The X(pat) Factor
I love the article Confessions of An Introverted Traveler. Finally someone has written something that dispels the myth that all introverted personality types are socially awkward loners and therefore bad travel companions. I’m an introvert, which is a fact that most of my friends find hard to believe. “But you talk so much!” is their… Read More The Introverted Traveler
Vintage Flight Attendant Uniform by Pradagirl When I was little, I wanted to be a dolphin trainer at Sea World. I also wanted to be a stunt woman, a professional ice cream taster, a circus clown and during a six-year stretch in Elementary school, I wanted to act in the sitcom Full House (OMG, I… Read More Wanted: Glamorous Travel Job
I found these Vintage Flight Attendant Uniforms on Pradagirl‘s flickr page. We’ve come a long way since flight attendants were required to dress like pole dancers, no? Wow, talk about a little added leg (room). Can you imagine what a SouthWest flight attendant would say if she were asked to wear that today? I think… Read More Prepare for Take-Off: Sexy Stewardess Uniforms of Yesteryear
From the Article, A Global Citizenship, by Leah MacFadyen I believe that one day a passport like this will exist. Is it too much to hope that it happens in my lifetime? That would so solve all of my problems. I mean, can you imagine being allowed to legally live and work in any corner… Read More Global Citizenship, Anyone?
Last weekend I watched tourists pay $16 a person to be escorted in a gondola up and down a canal…by an opera singer. This might have been something I would’ve considered doing if: 1. We’d been in Venice 2. The ‘canal’ hadn’t resembled one of those lazy river rides at Wet n’ Wild As it… Read More The One Tourist Attraction in Vegas I’ll Never Understand
My dad and I at a Cinevegas party at the Palms The Bad Idea that was my move to Vegas wasn’t entirely a waste of time because I got to attend the film festival Cinevegas (think Sundance, only smaller). And it was fun to pretend for a weekend that I was rich and famous. My… Read More Bowling in a Hotel Room in Vegas!
