I woke up at an impossibly early hour and found a fascinating program about dogs on PBS last night. A woman outside of Vienna has a dog who can identify up to 300 different objects by name. A trainer and scientist wanted to push it further. The owner would hold […]
March is an exciting time in the Valley. For some, it’s these tantalizing glimpes of summer, a burst of sunshine and warmth that makes us want to bring our bikes outside or take a walk in the sun. It’s also a very busy time for music and arts events that […]
Today we really ran Bend through its paces and boy, did it perform. How about a city where the first thing you do is stop into a restaurant by a cozy fireplace, looking out at their raised salad and herb garden beds and open up a menu full of so […]
On the slopes of Mt Bachelor, in Bend Oregon today, the sun was shining and people were in a great mood. Not only did all of this sun cause the snow to loosen up into very pleasing corn snow, it made sitting out on a deck during lunch an even […]
There are few ways to better get to know a small city than to visit a local barber shop, and then spend a while in a nearby tavern drinking a local beer. In Bend tonight, I got to do both. First I visited Debbie Brooks at L&K Barber Shop on […]
We arrived in the high desert, windy open country of central Oregon and reached Bend, our home for the next four days. My traveling companion is a fellow web publisher and self-admitted geek who hacked his own Android phone and has been publishing First Tracks Online since the ancient internet […]
Keith Ferrazzi got us all energized this morning with a lesson that focused on one thing–human relationships. We were gathered for the Travora Publisher’s conference, about 100 members of the sales and tech force, the new CEO Nan Forte, and many travel publishers and mobile platform specialists. Ferrazzi works with […]
The travel publishing community is like a family. I always enjoy the time I get to spend with the familiar faces who grace the stage at the NY Times Travel show and who are fixtures at the after parties that are such an important part of the networking of the […]
I drove a snowy road down from Wendell following a snowplow at 20 mph today at 6:20 am, en route to Amtrak, headed for NYC. On the way I got a chance to listen to Monte Bellemonte on WRSI interviewing two UMass students who have created a food garden just […]
Davy Jones, who to many fans was always thought of as the cutest of the Monkees, was an enthusiastic horse rider and horse breeder, I learned on CNN the night that he died. Mickey Dolenz, the drummer of the band, talked at some points with tears in his eyes about […]
The other day I got a call from Woman’s Day magazine, they were looking for budget travel ideas and so I spent a little bit of time thinking of what’s new that I could share with them. “We are looking for ideas for women who might be interested in a […]
