North America is not just Canada, Mexico and the United States of America. What some people refer to as “Central America” — from Belize and Guatemala all the way down to Costa Rica and Panama — is technically all part of the North American continental plate. (Let’s save the Caribbean conversation for later, shall we? There’s plenty of time of island talk)
San Francisco, California
Well, my first Travel Blog Exchange was a success…sort of. As I mentioned in my last post, I only purchased my TBEX ticket a week beforehand and was totally unprepared for my first official travel expo. But I learned a lot and most definitely met a lot of great people. Of course I also skipped … Read more
Yes, the US edition of TBEX 2012 (the Travel Blog Exchange) is kicking off…well, technically the pre-events have already begun. But Friday’s evening soiree (yes, tomorrow) will be the real kick-off to the all-weekend event. I just bought my ticket less than two weeks ago…and just yesterday finally logged into the TBEX site and discovered … Read more
Worth over $2 billion annually, California‘s world-renowned wines used to be its number one cash crop. They’ve been surpassed — err…blown away — by the marijuana industry, which according to a 2011 report is worth $14 billion, a whopping seven times that of the vineyards! And it’s growing every year. Analysts at Cowen & Co. … Read more
Continuing my documentation of the week-long music festival that is SXSW, I present round two of my photos. (View the first collection here.) We’re going to try and play a little game. In one of these pictures there is a very small child hidden. Can you find him or her? The first person to … Read more
Why spoil the mood with words when all you need are pictures to tell a thousand stories… well, that and maybe an occasional caption… This is the first of my SXSW 2012 posts. I am quite exhausted from the music / food / alcohol / everything of the last week, and this is the best … Read more
There is a big difference between “use” and “abuse” but it is not always obvious when that line has been crossed. It can happen so slowly that you don’t even realize you have a problem. Maybe the thought has even crossed your mind but you quickly push it away, citing any one of a dozen … Read more
Get Caught Up First Part 01: Flipside Part 02: Wakarusa Part 03: Bonnaroo Part 04: DexFest Fourth of July, Washington, D.C. Our hippie bus had rolled into town the night before and, tired and unable to find a hotel — ehh, whom I kidding, we didn’t try that hard — we … Read more
Today during round two of #TTOT an interesting topic was brought up. I know, you’re probably thinking ‘so what, a dozen interesting subjects get brought up every week during TTOT’ and that is very true, but this one has the potential to be different. At the very least it has not left my brain in … Read more
Get Caught Up First Part 01: Burning Flipside Part 02: Wakarusa Part 03: Bonnaroo After the madness of Bonnaroo and all the honky-tonkin’ in downtown Nashville, we were planning to continue east and camp out for a week or two in the Great Smoky Mountains. That way we could give … Read more
Did you know that Europe is the only continent without a desert? Or that American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class? Throughout my journeys I have learned a lot of staggering travel facts that will blow your mind — and now I’m sharing them with you. Enjoy … Read more
Get Caught Up First Part 01: Burning Flipside & How It Started Part 02: Wakarusa & Graceland Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee, we actually had a family waiting to take us in. Max’s godparents live on a large piece of property off 12th avenue, just south of downtown. They have not one but … Read more
Get Caught Up First Part 01: Burning Flipside & The Start Of This Journey Leaving Texas on our road trip we cut through Oklahoma on our way to Ozark, Arkansas, a sleepy little town with a population of around 3,000 that really only comes alive once a year, for the 3-4 days of Wakarusa … Read more
