Tag: Shopping
(Part of the Austin Rocks series of posts by a local about things to do and see in Austin, Texas) When someone owns chickens, they need chicken feed and chicken wire …
This was not the scene I imagined unfolding my first time in the Las Vegas airport. Whenever I pictured my my first time in Las Vegas, I imagined one …
Some of the best travel hours are spent wandering around making discoveries even though you didn’t make any plans to make discoveries. In an effort to stay dry indoors …
Temple Bar, in the heart of Dublin City, is known for its nightlife, its pubs, its tourist oriented Irish music and dance productions. There’s another side to this essential …
In March of 2016, the last independent bookstore in Long Beach closed. It was a sadly anti-climactic event. One day, the storefront sign was up—its literariness in stark contrast …
There is a lot of hoopla during year-end holiday season about shopping at the locally-owned, independent businesses that make a town or city unique and interesting. But what about …
It’s an overcast October afternoon when Cynthia and I decide to walk down to the Jaffa Flea Market, known here in Tel Aviv as Shuk HaPishpushim, literally, a market of …
Let’s say you’ve finished a galactic morning visit to the Rocket City’s US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, or maybe you were wandering around looking at all …
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 …
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, …
Well, it all started out with good intentions: go to The Hazel Room, get some tea, work on a few stories I had due that day. (Or overdue, whatever.) …
I’m not really a souk person, in the core of my soul. I don’t like haggling, crowds, or stuff, really. But while there’s plenty of stuff to bargain …