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Postcard: Salt Lake City 7/28/2020
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In September, 2019, we took a trip out west.
Our vacation consisted of stops in: Salt Lake City, UT, Blackfoot, ID, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho Falls, ID, Arco, ID and Craters-of-the-Moon Na...
Two Shelves, One Book 7/21/2020
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I promise you, I understand.
People would rather eat lead paint chips than talk about literary theory, but I need to discuss an issue which brushes up against the theoretical. I will not be serv...
Stop Fetishizing Locals 7/7/2020
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Not a rant
I come not to complain about locals, but to liberate you from them.
It's not difficult to find travel writers who fetishize locals. Travel like a local! Get the inside scoop from loca...
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Travel
Pardon the saccharine and the obvious, but travel is everything
France
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Reading
The bullshit of daily life? I'd rather read.
Music
Let me take you back
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I watch a lot more television than movies
Soccer
The only sport that matters
Food
As a travel writer, I have to talk about food
Dumb stuff
You will not feel smarter after reading this
Minimalism
Trying to live simply
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I've only driven a Ferrari once
Get off my lawn
A few brief rants
