Two Writers, 50 States, Endless Stories
Posted in Arizona, California, Do, Eat and Drink, Listen, Three-fer Friday on Mar 19th, 2010
Any dedicated road tripper has rituals for the ride: Necessary preparations, must-listen-to music, requisite snacks. Speed limits, shmeed limits. These are the really important rules of the road.
For today’s Three-fer, we bring you always hilarious, excellently outrageous Joe Rhodes, a frequent contributor to TV Guide, Reader’s Digest and The New York Times. Joe has decided [...]
Posted in Arizona, Do, Georgia, Go, Maine, New York, North Dakota, See, West Virginia on Dec 30th, 2009
Oh boy, I knew exactly what Jenna was talking about when she described gatherings of travel writers. I call it the Commander McBragg syndrome. I always lose that game. I’ve never even been to Nepal.
I’ve seen more places than many people but not nearly as many as others. I hope to see more of the [...]
I’ve found a new-to-me, road-trip flick to add to my list of favorites: Duets which was released in 2000 and stars Paul Giametti, Gwyneth Paltrow (whose dad directed), Huey Lewis and a bunch of other cool people, including cameos by Angie Dickinson and Maya Rudolph.
The story takes place in the world of high-stakes karaoke (where [...]
Forty-seven percent of road trip success is having the right soundtrack. (The rest is route, scenery, and snacks.)
This week Jenna, Matt and I offer you our Flyover America Mix—10 songs each (though we could think of many more) about flyover states. Of course, road songs needn’t have places in them, but that’s just a little [...]
Posted in Go on Jul 9th, 2009
Growing up in New York City, I was deeply indoctrinated in a view of the world that Saul Steinberg’s summed up in his famous 1976 New Yorker magazine cover. There was 10th Ave. and there was New Jersey (which you avoided as much as possible) and then there was a whole bunch of nothing [...]
Posted in Go on May 20th, 2009
A certain type of traveler, the “I-only-watch-PBS” type of traveler, scorns the Interstate. These travelers are all about the blue highways, those small rural roads that require time and patience and don’t send you hurtling through America’s heartland. (Today’s rumination is brought to you courtesy of this New Yorker cartoon, which got me thinking when [...]
Ah, early spring. Flowers have started to poke their heads out of the ground. Birds seem that much cheerier and chirpier. And, of course, dreamers across America are plotting the perfect road trip in their minds and Moleskine notebooks. (Come on, admit it—we’re all Moleskine cliches.)
A few interesting road trips of note: Tom Brokaw is [...]
