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According to my calculations, Max should be back in the states and voraciously blogging very soon. It’s been a blast to step in here and talk about travel, current events, and other miscellaneous things, and I hope to come back to visit again soon.To sign off, I thought I’d leave […]
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Claudio Guerra, owner of six Western Mass. eateries including the new Paradise City Tavern in Northampton. PCT is a hip but still casual restaurant, watering hole, and entertainment spot that replaced Guerra’s more formal restaurant, the Del Raye, earlier this year. […]
It’s true that a jaunt to Bermuda is not the most ‘alternative’ trip one can take. But for two folks who haven’t taken a trip that wasn’t work-related since the Carter administration, it can seem as wacky as camping with Bedouins. Such was the case earlier this summer for my […]
With Max still globe-trotting in Colombia, I wanted to take a moment to point out another cool blog with views from all over the world: One Million Peace Signs, a blog dedicated to collected a cool million signs of peace in all its forms. People from all over the world […]
I visited The Shelburne Falls Wine Merchant in Shelburne Falls, Mass. recently for an article I’m working on, looking at interesting entrepreneurial endeavors in the small business sector. Owned by Paul-Thierry de la Blotier, French and Welsh by decent, the Wine Merchant specializes in the ‘English service model’ — slower, […]
Hurricane Gustav is bringing strong winds and bad memories to the Gulf Coast, and the entire country seems to be keeping a close, earnest watch on the situation. In the French quarter of New Orleans, buildings are boarded up and residents are leaving in droves. Gustav has been downgraded to […]
The big news in alternative energy in Mass. this morning is the latest development in the controversial Russell Biomass project, a proposed 50-megawatt wood-burning power plant. The Boston Globe reports that the Dept. of Public Utilities ruled the facility would cause “significant, disrupting, and lasting” impacts on the town. Most […]
WriterJax here. I’m one of Max’s intrepid GoNomad.com travel writers, here to man the ship while Max is away in South America. Color me jealous. While it’s true that Max needed to whittle his luggage down to a lean 22 pounds for this trip, thus negating any thoughts of bringing […]
Here is where we will be staying in Nuqui, the remote beach town that’s surrounded by jungles on Colombia’s Pacific coast. We will go whale watching and jungle hiking for the next seven days. It’s called El Cantil Eco hotel, and it’s powered by hydrology and a micro-turbine. They have […]
Today is the last day I will be in the states until Sept 7. Tomorrow at the crack of dawn I meet Larry and we will fly to Miami, to Medellin, and then in a tiny plane to the seaside village of Nuqui, Colombia. I’ve already asked and no, there […]
I don’t usually read the Recorder’s editorial page, but there it was, an irresistable headline: “Sold on the tag sales.” The great grey beast has decided to come out in favor of our idea of holding the Town Wide Tag Sale, and in the lead editorial encouraged the Deerfield Selectboard […]
Ted Kennedy, half of his silver hair missing from intense chemotherapy, made it to the podium tonight in Denver. He delivered a rousing speech that reaffirmed my belief that he is indeed an admirable man who has spent nine terms as a Senator working for worthy and just causes. I […]