I thought getting up early on a Sunday morning would spare me the crowds on the cable car. I was wrong. There was already a line at the Powell Street turnaround. I walked up one stop — as advised by a local friend — but I was aced out of the good seats by a …
Surely, I’m not the only one that does this. I will visit some place in the course of my travels, and the sight of something, anything, will set it off. I am sucked into another version of my life, a mirror, a revision, a story that could be mine not in an “if only” way, …
This week has been one stupid internet thing after another. A friend told me about an offer to engage in sketchy blogging practices from a company I’d previously thought of as legit. It bummed me out. I got spam asking me to run a “We’re traveling the world, you’re in the rat race” infographic and …
I went to Anchorage to speak at a travel event and I tacked a few days on to my stay — here are the things I really enjoyed during my short visit. Scott McMurren (of the Alaska Tour Saver) arranged for my travel and two nights stay, Visit Anchorage covered the rest. In the interest …