Welcome back! You seem to like this blog. Why not share your favorite articles with your friends on Facebook and/or give it a Stumble? Thanks!I’d like to think that those of you who have been reading my blog for some time have picked up some useful information about what it’s like to travel solo. One [...]
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Recommended Reads: March 21, 2010
A post at World Hum turned me onto this great article by Andrew Seal at Biographia Literaria titled New York Novels and Chicago Novels, in which he discusses the way regions of the U.S. are treated in literature. It’s a good read for an English major and other lit lovers. Here’s an article by Dave [...]
Recommended Reads, March 14, 2010
Welcome to a new week, everyone. Tomorrow is the Ides of March. But as long as your name isn’t Julius Caesar, I don’t think you have anything to worry about. Don’t forget St. Patrick’s Day is coming up this week, too! Green beer for everyone! On to my recommended reads of the week….. Sabina of [...]
Recommended Reads, March 7, 2010
Another week, another installment of my favorite reads this week: Let’s kick things off with two interesting articles about tourism: Eric Weiner‘s “Why Tourism is Not a Four-Letter Word“ at World Hum and Sarah Menkedick‘s “Tourism and the ‘Preservation’ of Culture: A Rebuttal” at Matador Abroad. They both raise some great points, and I can’t [...]
Recommended Reads: February 28, 2010
Want to read something great and not too long about travel? Try travel poetry. Two Go Round-The-World has launched a new column called “Looking Back,” where they include a journal entry from their past travels. Daniel kicked the series off this week with Looking Back: Langkawi (Malaysia) which includes a photo and one of the [...]
