Walking in LA

I had been quite firm in my “I hate LA” sentiments until I skittered down for a short overnight. LAX, the international airport, remains my least favorite airport on the planet (with Chicago’s O’Hare being a close second) but once I disembarked the Flyaway bus (7 dollars to downtown, and fast!) at Union Station, my …
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Passports with Purpose Favorite Prizes

As a founder of Passports with Purpose, the annual travelbloggers fundraiser, I don’t get to participate the prize sweepstakes. This bums me out. Every year there are amazing things up for grabs and every year I think, “Oh, if I wasn’t involved I would so want to bid on…” But I can dream, right? If …
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This Ukulele Will Change Your Life and The Lives of Others. No, Really.

-1- Things I like better than the ukulele. Um. Yeah. I mean, besides, you know, obvious stuff like loved ones and quality baked goods and the adventure of travel…Uh. Um. Oh, you know what’s about as good as the ukulele? Seeing how happy you are, hooked on your own ukulele. And this one, this ukulele, …
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The Opposite of Africa

This is how you know you are in Africa—when the houses, roads, the tires on your car, and even the soles of your feet become stained red-orange from the iron-rich soil that covers so much of this great continent. Wearing sunglasses heightens the red color so that the land just seems to glow like a …
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