Search
Search results
- Flanerie Kerfuffle
-
... Onward to The London Lounge for a dip into chatter about The Alpha-Flaneur . Balzac said that flaner was "gastronomy of ... to name a few.) ... There is absolutely nothing "idle" about the verb flaner. It is a highly charged, active, and creative state of ...
Blog entry - virtualDavis
- Listening in Silence
-
... Not to mention my beloved Chrystyna complained about the cold showers half the time. In the middle of the ... was Nestani, a village near the town of Tripoli, just about two hours North of Athens. We hopped in an old jalopy that belonged to a ...
Features - ChlumskyAnna
- Nice Pirate Ship
-
... Back to high pitched squealing. I'd heard good things about The Toasters, but had never experienced their music for myself (I'm ...
Blog entry - Nayeli
- The roar of a howler monkey...
-
... My mother-in-law is reading River of Doubt about Teddy Roosevelt's perilous journey down a river in the Amazon, and she ... These are the critters in Costa Rica who woke me up at about 2:30 a.m. the same night/morning that the earthquake rocked Chile. I ...
Blog entry - virtualDavis
- Spring Skiing Stratton and Whistler, Part I
-
... To be sure, corporate mission statements tend to be about as inspired or inspiring as yesterday’s laundry, and altogether too ... formulaic to serve as viable battle cries. But something about creating “memories for guests and staff” and “a rider driven ...
Features - virtualDavis
- Strolling, gazing, smelling...
-
... "...there's just something amazing about being in the middle of a city, looking at the buildings and trees, the ...
Blog entry - virtualDavis
- The Outback
-
... plane. I was flying from Sydney to Alice Springs. It takes about the same amount of time to fly from New York to St. Louis. That is the ... huddled in groups of 2’s, 4’s and more walking about. Some were naked, some in western clothing, wading in small streams and ...
Features - WellingJamie C.
- Vagabond Underground
-
... It's a visual gift basket for the wandering soul. But what about the music on Vagabond's debut album, You Don't Know the Half of It ... on the listener's heartstrings." The Guardian About Vagabond: The members of Vagabond are Alex Vargas (vocals, acoustic ...
Blog entry - virtualDavis
- Saying Sorry in Seville
-
... history and charm. It was summer in southern Spain. By about three in the afternoon, the heat was so intolerable that the only logical ... measure due to a terrorist bomb incident in Madrid about a year prior. I proceeded through the queues, arrived at a window seat, ...
Features - SparkyPN
- From Potomac to Port du Punic
-
... or too-much-free-time customs agent began questioning me about my itinerary, place of origin, parental lineage, and lack of passport ... of relaxation, the remainder of the day was spent lounging about in Carthage and making plans for the rest of my visit. Day Three: ...
Features - TasneemJd