The holidays are a fantastic time to flee your loved ones and score an amazing deal in the process. I’ve often been the receiver of strange clucks and looks when I’ve told people that, sure, I’d be flying out on Christmas day and, hey, don’t expect to see me until I land on New Years. …
Read more »The frat boys prattled on and on about their coitus conquests across three rows of seats, but I was unfazed. Somehow our Madrid flight was scary empty and the trio of college boys en route back from a spring break sojourn were animated with youth and excitement. They spread their lanky limbs across the rows, …
Read more »“Can I help you look for something?” The voice startled me for several reasons. The least of which was that I hadn’t done too much US-based traveling within the last year and hearing a familiar dialect while wheeling luggage was becoming a novelty. The most jarring reason was that I was standing in the middle …
Read more »The twinkle lights came into view before I saw the city itself. Cambridge, Massachusetts was ready for the holidays and I was ready for Cambridge. I had booked the trip on a whim, needing a quick break before the holidays, got an amazing rate from the Twitter-savvy marketing team at the Charles Hotel, packed my …
Read more »My book club has just reached the part of Gabrielle Hamilton’s descriptive and edgy chef memoir, ‘Blood, Bones and Butter‘ where she looks back on a jaunt across Europe after a few particularly grueling years at school. Because she’s so exhausted and beaten down, Gabby spends much of her time in Amsterdam and Bruges hiding …
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