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The Bad in the World
Danger. It’s a word I think we’ve all become inundated with these past few years, especially in the context of our travel lives. Drug cartels in Mexico prompted the US State Department to issue travel...
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Earthquakes and Hurricanes and Disaster Preparedness, Oh My!
The difference between Tuesday’s earthquake and two-hours-from-now’s Hurricane Irene is that the great quake of the East Coast was so surprising. In fact, according to the Telegraph, immediately...
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The Car or the Road?
I cancelled my car insurance yesterday. This is how it went: I dial 1-800-INSURANCE-COMPANY and answer all the compulsory questions to get to customer service. “Thank you for calling INSURANCE COMPANY....
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#FriFotos: Stone
Stone is hard and cold, dark and unforgiving. Like the prisons it surrounds. Prisons are fascinating, if unconventional, tourist spots. For this #FriFotos I’d like to show you two very different...
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Santa Claus: Greatest Traveler of All Time? (and Other Thoughts on...
It’s time to pay homage to perhaps the greatest traveler of all time. When the sun sets Saturday, he will defy the laws and illogic of TSA and make his way around the world in a single night. How does...
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PHOTO ESSAY: The Pope visits Philadelphia, The week before
The pope visits a city and for two or three frenzied days we receive updates on our timelines about highlights of speeches and photos of crowds. I know this, because I’ve […]
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