“Now, if I buy all your flowers, you’ll go home, right?” said the Aussie girl next to me. “Yup” said the little girl selling roses as she handled the bundle to my friend. We were in Bangkok and I was watching my Aussie friend take pity on a little Thai girl selling flowers to drunk [...]
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New Beginnings
November 9, 2011 – 3:00 pm
“What would you like?” the lady asks me in her English accent. “Iced green tea,” I reply, unfazed by her accent, she unfazed by mine. We may be foreigners to each other, but nothing feels really foreign about us. I grab my drink and head out the door, making my way back into the busy [...]
The Death of Nostalgia
March 14, 2011 – 12:12 pm
Though I always like visiting new destinations, when I really like a place, I want to go back and I often revisit places I’ve been. In February, I went back to Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. The last time I was there was 2003 and I remember Manuel Antonio for its amazing number of monkeys, lush [...]
Why Do I Hate L.A.?
December 9, 2010 – 11:22 am
Los Angeles. There’s just something about it I hate. I hate the traffic and the lack of public transportation. I hate the vanity and how everyone is “so Hollywood.” I hate the pollution. I hate lack of neighborhoods. L.A. just rubs me the wrong way. But I haven’t spent much time in the city. My [...]
Why I Won’t Take the TSA X-Ray Machines
November 22, 2010 – 3:09 pm
Lately, the main travel news in the states has been about the TSA’s new Advanced Imaging Technology (X-ray machines) and the overzealous pat downs that accompany them. I’ve used the X-ray machines twice in Boston: once in September when they just started rolling them out and once last month. I’ve seen them in a lot [...]