For the first time in this long process of my “cubicle escape”, I’m starting to get scared and second guess myself. I know its natural to feel hesitant when you’re standing on the ledge, getting ready to take a step out with no visible net below. Who wouldn’t be a little freaked out? The reality is… Read more
This past weekend at the LA Times Travel Show, I had a chance to listen to a presentation by Lisa Ling. Ms. Ling hosts the TV show Our America and has traveled the world over as a correspondent for ABC News, National Geographic Explorer and the Oprah Winfrey Show. I’ve always enjoyed her reporting style, so I grabbed… Read more
While I would never claim that “Titanic” was the best display of acting Hollywood has churned out, there is a scene in this movie that I do find particularly motivating. With all the melodrama and fantastic sweeping shots of the magnificent ship, my favorite scene is a minor bit at the very end of the film. In… Read more
Last year, I went with my good friend Andreanna to check out the LA Times Travel Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center. We ventured out in some of the worst rain LA saw in 2011 to see what the show had on offer. Our only consolation was that we were only running in the rain from the parking… Read more
Here I am again, sitting in typical LA morning traffic on the 10 Freeway heading east. On the radio the NPR correspondent is analyzing the results of the Iowa Caucus for the third time this hour and I have the car’s seat warmers set on high. Los Angeles rarely gets very cold, but it does “chilly”… Read more
Let’s start off 2012 with a look back using this alphabetical list of Travel Questions:(A) ge When You Went on Your First International Trip I was 20 years old when I left for Tokyo to study abroad for a semester. I guess technically my first international trip was when I was around 8 years old and… Read more
Someone posed the following question on an online travel forum this weekend: What do you say when people ask you why you love to travel. Hmmm. Seems like a really simple question – so simple that I wonder why would someone even ask that question?? Do I ask people why do they like to breathe? You… Read more