Long Beach: An Unexpected Delight
When we set up a trip to Southern California for our February vacation, Long Beach was one of the cities suggested to me by California tourism. I had no idea what I’d see in Long Beach, I only knew that the Queen Mary had been docked here since 1967, and […]
Flying to California Today: Long Beach, Palm Springs, Laguna Beach
We’re flying to Los Angeles on Saturday, and we’ll pick up a car and drive to Long Beach in the afternoon. That’s where the Queen Mary is permanently docked now. We will start out Sunday on a whale watching and dolphin cruise and later check out Shoreline Village, which was […]
I’ve Driven Past The Stables for 30 Years, Today I Ate There
It’s an institution that I’ve never set foot in. The white restaurant, set back from road, with the big parking lot in Hadley, across from the Mountain Farms Mall. The crowded lot said a lot. Indeed the place was packed when Ed, John and I showed up for lunch. We […]
Newsletter Experiments: Trying Harder to Reach our Readers
I have been trying hard to improve my GoNOMAD newsletter opening rate, realizing that you can’t just assume that people will open every email. You have to put more into it. I did some reading and was quite inspired by a blog that challenged my thinking. Though the blog maintains […]
LinkNYC Means the Fastest, Free Wi-Fi, All Over New York City
New York City is leaping ahead of the rest of the country with a plan that’s just now starting service to install free Wi-Fi kiosks all over the city that provide the fastest internet, eight times as fast as the average apartment served by Time Warner Cable. It’s an […]
Interns Are Now Being Trained by Former Interns at GoNOMAD
Today’s a funny kind of day. I woke up feeling terrible and had two new interns coming in to learn the ropes in the office at 9 am. But I was very prepared–I decided to hire one of my former interns, Danielle Aihini, to teach the two new interns all […]
Skiing in the Past and Today
I’m sort of an irregular skier, but I’m fascinated by how the sport has evolved and how different it is in different parts of the country. Today I just finished skiing my second day at Mont Tremblant in Quebec, where just about everyone is friendly and kind. Nearly every single […]
In the Laurentian Mountains, the Perfect Trio
Tonight we had a nighttime adventure in the deep dark woods of the Laurentian mountains in Quebec. Our group of 21, ranging in age from 6 to 65, met up at the base lodge of Mont Tremblant and tried on snowshoes, then we took the gondola straight up to the […]