This is not really a travel story. Mostly, it is a thank you note. Over the weekend I participated in a conference about travel and food writing and photography. A travel writing friend had been badgering me to go for years, in fact, the last time we’d talked she wanted me to promise that I’d …
Here’s my wrap up from the Outdoor Retailer show on Practical Travel Gear. What’s the OR show? It’s a huge display of gear by companies looking to get their gear onto retails shelves and in between the pages of magazines. It’s a fun scene, full of people who love to play outside and love to …
As I unpack and repack in preparation for Book Passage, a travel writing conference in California, I’m delighted to have a guest post from Eva Holland on why such events are worth the money and the bother. In 2007, I bet it all on Book Passage. I was an aspiring travel writer fresh off a …
On August 4th, I flew to Salt Lake City to attend the Outdoor Retailer trade show. After three days of walking around the convention center, I was more than ready to be outside. In my friend’s borrowed car, I drove the wrong way and ended up at Saltair, where I turned off on to the …
You know I’m a somewhat irregular contributor over at Gadling, right? They let me stray from my usual topic (gear) this month, and I wrote two things that might have ended up here, otherwise. One is about the Austrian School of Fantastic Realism — it’s an art thing — and how I think that stuff …