Category: Alison projects
“In Loving Silence.” This is the pin I wore on New Year’s Day, which I spent at Kripalu, in the Berkshires. It was a most different way to celebrate …
“There’s supposed to be a thumb here. But there is no thumb.” This is what I overheard one visitor say to another, standing in front of a display at …
Periodically, I start to hate travel writing. Or maybe I start to hate travel writers? The whole enterprise starts to seem kind of cooler-than-thou, involving comparisons of passport …
“If bankruptcy is disallowed, frankly, expect all hell to break loose,” said Anthony Sabino, a lawyer who teaches business law at St. John’s University in New York. “wolves …
JetBlue recently introduced “Family Pools,” in which families can pool their frequent flier miles in the airline’s TrueBlue program. Sounds lovely. But reading between the lines of the Terms …
Two clocks sit side-by-side in Frida Kahlo’s dining room in Coyoacan, Mexico City. They’re not functional — there are no moving parts — but commemorative. One is inscribed with …
Will I be safe here? This is a natural question to ask when first arriving in a new destination, or at a new venue in that destination. I was …
Photojournalist Dan Eldon was stoned to death by an angry mob while reporting a story in Mogadishu in 1993. This was something I thought a lot about, as it …
If you want to see an alligator in the New York City subway system — which is as close as you’ll likely want to get to the city’s sewers …
The train was going to stop in Hudson. This is going to hurt, I thought. Of course, should have known this was going to happen before I boarded the …
I should have known better than to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge this past Sunday, which was probably one of the best days of this New York City summer. …
It is probably heretical to admit this, but when I went to Dubai last year I didn’t buy anything. Between the malls, and the souks and the shopping festivals, …