Two Writers, 50 States, Endless Stories
Posted in Alaska, Arizona, Discuss, Eat and Drink, Go, Meet, New Jersey, New York on Aug 26th, 2010
So, the lies. At the end of 2009, I posted a list of All-American Travel Resolutions for 2010. It included things like driving cross country, living in Alaska for the summer, and, finally, visiting the Grand Canyon. When I wrote that post, I did really believe that, by Labor Day (which, by the by, is [...]
Posted in Do, Eat and Drink, Go, Listen, See, Three-fer Friday on Apr 9th, 2010
Whether it’s 5 a.m. or 5 p.m., I know what you’re thinking on this spring day: what kind of trouble can I go get into tonight? Well, maybe not trouble–but a bit of fun, right? I mean, seriously, it’s spring. You know you’re feeling sassy. In honor of getting into trouble, having fun, or just [...]
Posted in Do, Eat and Drink, Go, Montana, New Jersey, Three-fer Friday on Mar 26th, 2010
Whether it’s for their kitsch factor or their elegance or that they just have an unexplainable X factor–so, an “it” place–there are certain museumshotelsfieldsVFWhalls that just scream, Rent me for the night! Let’s have a shindig! Some are close to home and others are destination party places we encountered while traipsing around the country. Here, spots [...]
Posted in Do, Go, Listen, New Jersey on Mar 17th, 2010
A loud pop and it was lights out. A nor’easter can shred a day’s plans in no time flat (especially when that day’s plans included some electricity-required online research and writing). So, with Saturday upended, I checked my phone for local movie listings and, hands firmly on the steering wheel, headed to Cedar Lane Cinemas to [...]
Posted in Do, Go, New Jersey, New York, Three-fer Friday, Wyoming on Feb 12th, 2010
There is but one activity that takes less planning than a walk…and that is a nap. We’ll celebrate the joy of a good travel nap in the coming weeks but, first, we look back on some memorable moments of putting one foot in front of the other. It’s a low effort, high reward kind of [...]
Posted in Listen, Meet, New Jersey, Watch on Dec 23rd, 2009
I met Ojenga last January on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. On winter days, the seagulls outnumber the people wandering the boardwalk by about 1000 to one. But Ojenga’s out there drumming, day in day out, unless it’s really really freezing. When I met him, he’d just logged his 17th year on the boardwalk. Business had [...]
Posted in Buy, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming on Dec 8th, 2009
You still haven’t finished your shopping?* What am I going to do with you? Well, get to it. Here, handmade goods from or about or somehow just having to do with states from Montana on through to Wyoming. (Hankering for the AL to MO set? I got your back.)
Montana: Hmmm, I may need to read [...]
Posted in Illinois, Meet, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin on Nov 24th, 2009
Some days, it feels like we’re all overthinking travel. So, with my nieces in town for Thanksgiving, I decided to get nine-year-old S.’s fresher-than-most (in several different yet usually charming ways) and back-to-basics take on travel in the U.S. Her sister, six-year-old J., was kind enough to contribute the artwork. She was paid in pretzels.
So, [...]
Posted in Discuss, Eat and Drink, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas on Nov 20th, 2009
What is everyone thinking about these days? Food. Of course. Holiday traditions, laden tables, houses redolent with sautéed and simmered love.
There’s something cooking in every kitchen in America this time of year, but it’s likely to vary a little from place to place. After all, in those early Thanksgiving days, people pretty much ate what [...]
Posted in Discuss, New Jersey on Nov 18th, 2009
It really doesn’t matter where this photo was shot*. Looking down on the tracks from an overpass, it struck me that this view is so quintessentially American. It’s a stretch of wild running alongside industry and can-do. It also just makes me want to go, to see what’s out there. While I’ve looked down from [...]
