2013 Travel in Review

2013 Travel in Review

An interesting thing occurred to me. Prior to this year I fed into the idea that travel was a rare event. That it somehow could only happen when all the stars aligned and you were gifted huge amounts of cash. When we went to Paris in 2011, I recall a good number of...

Useful Packing Tips

Packing tips on the internet are usually less than helpful. With the notable exception of the awesome travel philosophy site OneBag.com these tips generally consist of the same, boring, recycled tips from days gone by. This video (by Holiday Inn Express) on the other...

A Video With Some Meaning

We have been talking about books for next years book club and I recommended two. This first is perhaps the most important, Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist (the second The Name of the Wind). I cant imagine a better book about believing in your heart, about the...

Star Wars Uncut

This Crowdsourcing Thing It is a bit of constant amazement to me that these sorts of projects exist and seem to flourish on the internet. Below is a home-brewed version of Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope, completely put together from different small film tribute...