The TBEX Girona Sessions
If you missed our session at TBEX, I compiled the meat of the conversation Will Peach and I have been having about travel writing here: Will Peach and Pam Mandel on Creative Travel Writing
A Long Drive in Central Oregon
The drive from Seattle to central Oregon gets better when you leave the interstate behind. The road curves around the lower flanks of Mount Hood through pine forests. In late summer it’s still hot but because this year has been rainy, things are green and the air smells fresh. At each third bend or so, …
Competing with Astronauts
I wrote this piece for the TBEX website — I’ll be doing a co-presentation there on how to tell a creative travel story. I’ve posted the first paragraph here and followed it with a link to the complete post. We go places. We write some things down. We think that our experience matters, that what …
Three Bridges at the Crooked River Gorge
“We’ve been here before,” the husband said. “We walked out here and looked over the edge, but the bridge was still used by cars. We drove over it.” “What were we doing? Coming back from Montana? Idaho? That was years ago. 1996? 1997? When did we make that trip to the Rockies? It must have …
Late Summer, Seattle
Can’t see the slideshow? Here’s a link.
For Andrew: How to Fall in Love with Waikiki
Dear Andrew; I have a confession. I kind of hated Waikiki the first time I was there. That’s not an unusual sentiment — I’ve heard lots of tourists dislike it, the shoulder to shoulder hotels, the terrible traffic, the shopping mall feel… if you’re not a fan of crowds or cream colored designer store fronts …