I have always hated the British tendency towards the celebrity travel writer. Some dim-witted soap
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No frills….for 8+ hours?
Breaking news: budget Irish airline Ryanair is going to take a swipe at transatlantic routes, offering flights
Hawaiian rodeos, crepes in Brittany, Pico Iyer...
Some of the magazine world’s travel writing round-ups: Islands (May): Constance Hale introduces us to
Adding a little atmosphere to your travels
I enjoy street performers (or “buskers”) when I travel because they provide a little lagniappe to
The Case for Staying Put
This week while reading The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom (an enlightening
May Goodness Prevail
For those of you who don’t know, over here in euro land we hand the
Pippi Longstocking, hitching on a West African...
A scattered round-up of travel writing and related Web entries: Literary Traveler: Okay, I admit
9 Hours of Stoppard’s Utopia
It takes a special kind of interest, either in theater (most New Yorkers) or in
In Florida, go north to see the...
I’m going to honor the Boys of Old Florida. As a former short-term resident of




