“I truly thought we’d quietly sit the in back of a few classrooms and have lunch with the kids. I had no idea our visit would be the center of…
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They say a picture tells a story. This picture continues one. In early 2018, I met William “Maasai Prince.” I got lucky—a journalist produced a feature story on him, a…
My global travels aren’t an escape from life, but an extension of it. I may travel for weeks at a time, immersing with people and place. I deepen friendships and…
Bombings in Belfast and Dublin. U2 singing Sunday Bloody Sunday. A 1970’s economy so dire that at one point banks closed their doors and pubs became de facto banks. Ireland…
Sometimes the strangest travel stories connect to economic opportunities. Check out The Love Hotel.
Laos. It’s a throwback to Thailand or Cambodia 20-30 years ago. I don’t see it changing much from an economic or social perspective. But from a tourism perspective, it already…
It was the most unlikely of friendships. Tall and thin, he stands about 6’4″– with an added inch or two from his hair. He’s 27 years old. Has more than…
“He was one of the few that got it.” It was the most succinct way I could express to my friend Teri why I will miss Anthony Bourdain. Teri and…
“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” —Carl Rogers There was a morning in 2002 where I woke up…
“Who cares? I’m dead!” I poured three circles of olive oil into the heated pan, placed the bottle back onto the kitchen counter, and looked over at my husband who…
