Camping is the ultimate form of budget travel. You can’t get any cheaper than squatting in dirt stooped over a campfire eating something you probably would never have ordered in a restaurant (unless you’re an adventurous gourmet camper, and I’m just not there yet). It’s been a few years since I’ve braved the Great Outdoors,…
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Coming Off My Rocky Mountain High
Monday through Friday, I drive from one aggressive region of the United States (New Jersey) to work in another aggressive region of the United States (the Bronx), so I do not get a lot of opportunities to zone out from the backseat of a vehicle and take in a view…any view. Needless to say, it…
Budget vs. Ambition
If only artist David Hockney knew the lengths I take to see his iPad work. Would he sell me a priceless sketch on the cheap (after all, he doesn’t really need the money anymore)? Living outside New York City grants me access to some of the best art museums in the world, but interestingly, not…
“C” Vacations
How we got stuck on “C” destinations I don’t know.
Postcard from Santa Monica
It’s too hot, too humid, and too sticky in New Jersey today as we all brace for Hurricane Earl, which lost steam chugging up the Atlantic coast. I can’t help but reflect on our postcard-perfect day at the beach in Santa Monica last weekend. Upper 60s. Abundant sunshine. Topaz sky gazing down on a topaz…