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
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
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
Ha. Gotch ya with that title, didn’t I? No, I’m not talking about THAT first time, I’m talking about the first time you traveled abroad! What was it like? Where’d you go? How long was the trip? How old were you? I recently got asked by the folks at Divine Caroline to write a… Read More When was your ‘First Time’?
I recently wrote an article for The Flying Fugu about the History of Sushi (did you know that Sushi didn’t actually originate in Japan? Click and read to find out more! Please and Thank you). Anyway, as I was combing through Flickr for pretty pictures of sushi, I found Sakurako Kitsu’s photostream of clever bento… Read More The World According to Sushi: Photos of Beautiful Travel-Themed Bentos
Back in early 2010 when I was still living in California and one of my best friends from Japan was in town for the weekend, we visited the Tanner Residence (AKA the house from the sitcom “Full House“). Ready? Let’s sing along, shall we? “When you’re lost out there and your all alone A light is… Read More Want Something Unique to Do in San Francisco? Visit Full House
While writing an article for Tripbase about the history of rail travel, I came across some photos of a train graveyard in Bolivia. Ever since I went to Colombia two years ago, I’ve been dying (ha) to visit Bolivia (every backpacker I met who’d traveled through South America listed Bolivia as SA’s most beautiful and… Read More Things to do in Bolivia: Train Graveyard
I just got back from Jamaica and was surprised to learn that, among other things, Jamaicans really DO say things like ‘Yeh, Mon’ and ‘No problem, Mon’ and they say them ALL THE TIME (it’s not just a stereotype). I got a huge kick out of it and thought the Jamaican accent sounded really pretty… Read More Funny Photos from Jamaica
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
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