River Scenes from Austin, Texas
“Austin, Texas.” Say those two words aloud and your mind conjures up images with a soundtrack to accompany them. Festivals, ten-gallon hats,…
Category: Travel Stories
Travel Journals: the Mundane and the Moving
Brian and I have recently considered drawing up our wills. So far, we mostly talk about it over rum and tonics…
Haggling in Morocco: Camels and Cabbage
The historic city of Meknes begins to hum with activity, and I’m anticipating a morning of haggling. The sun is not…
Eavesdropping: What Happened to Flossie and Other Misadventures
“Flossie died playing cards.” Like any good snoop and all-around Nosy Parker, my ears perked up as the unseen woman…
Subterranean Paris: Sewers Below the City of Light
“Paris has another Paris under herself; a Paris of sewers; which has its streets, its crossings, its squares, its blind…
Jewish Paris: Falafel, History and Remembrance
This post is Part 3 of a series on alternative Paris. Links to parts 1 and 2 are below the…
The Paris Catacombs: I See Dead People
This post is Part 2 of a series about Alternative Paris. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, How to…
How to See Paris Without Wanting to Stab Your Travel Partner
They make their way from Dubuque. New York City. Portland, Maine and Dallas, Texas. But also from Moscow, Frankfurt, Tangier…
Paris: Coffee and the Lost View From a Rooftop
There used to be two great bargains in Paris. A pair of not-so-secret traveler’s secrets to explore the city like…
Traveler’s Guilt: 5 Ways to Shut it Down
I blame Pliny the Elder for the whole ‘home is where the heart is’ claptrap. For providing the ammunition used…