Everyone showed up; the whole gang of Friday regulars were on the scene in ‘Hamp last night, gathered at the very hip Mama Iguana’s to share end of the workday tales and catch up on news. But Joe told us he had to leave at 6:20. Why? Because he was […]
When I was traveling down to New York on Sunday, a man on the subway suddenly sneezed–he yelled in a high-pitched wail as he did so–so loud that the entire car looked over at him with shock. It was funny, such a loud noise popping out of someone all of […]
The Green Plane is Southwest’s newest initiative in a company-wide effort to save money and fuel. OUr friend Johnny Jet flies about 150,000 miles a year and takes fastidious notes of every mile in the air. He recently wrote about Southwest Airlines media day where they unveiled a new plane […]
When I stepped into our two-connected-rooms-with-a-living-room-in-between here at the Kimberly Hotel, I thought, why, we’re mere travel editors…are we worthy of these luxe New York City digs? Of course we are, I said again, quickly coming to my senses. It’s tough being a travel writer, especially having to spend the […]
A soggy day; a day that I wished I didn’t have to deal with all of my wet leaves. Then I go out and put together my cleverly designed, yet maddeningly frail outdoor tent. It had flown over in a fierce September gust of wind, now the thing is broken […]
I read a book about hobos that said they liked to keep puppies because they warm up their sleeping bags so well. Though my cat doesn’t warm up the bottom of my bed, she does provide a valuable snuggle. Having her soft fur at hand level is a treat. Having […]
I love maps. I spend a lot of time looking at them, and always enjoy taking a spin around the globe we keep at the cafe, seeing where places are and checking out their relative size. I was sent a book the other day that is a map-lover’s fantasy. Frank […]
Sarah Wang recently spent four days in North Korea. Her account, published on Slate, is depressing, thinking that people have to live with little food, no internet, no cellphones, and a government that spends millions on propaganda and enforcing the cult of personality. “While the guards ate their meals or […]
The web continues to mystify and amaze me. Just today I read that Yahoo is shutting down Geocities, even though the network of websites attracts more than ten million visitors a month. And the company paid billions in stock to buy the site in early 1999. On today’s WebProNews, the […]
As I often do, last night in the dark I reached for my iPhone and flicked the screen to bring up my Facebook newsfeed. With friends in all time zones, I always find some news popping up and as I lay in bed I read Richard Frisbie’s reports from Venice. […]
In our business, we call it bonking. We repetitively copy and paste pieces of text, photos and links from one page to template pages to fix our code and update the GoNOMAD website. Cultivating this vast field of travel articles takes a lot of work, a lot of bonking, over […]
I remember when my parents took my little sister and me to Atlantic City in 1970. That was eight years before the city’s first casino, Resorts, opened and singer Steve Lawrence lost the first $10 to the house. Back then the hotel of choice was the oceanfront Chalfont-Hadden Hall, and […]