Is It Time to Reconsider Blotting Linens? Your Hot Weather Vacation Says ‘Yes’
It’s time to bring back blotting linens, if not for their usefulness then for the early 2000s nostalgia.
Travel
This category contains travel articles that I have written as well as links to other posts and pages related to travel.
Check out my books and bylines for more examples of my travel writing. You can also visit italofile.com, my blog about Italy travel.
How to Escape in Singapore
If you find yourself disillusioned in South Asia, a long weekend in Singapore may cure what ails you.
Win a Tour for Two to India, Thailand, or Morocco
Enter by January 31st to win a tour for two to your dream destination.
Stanley Tucci Goes ‘Searching for Italy’ in London
In Season 2, Episode 4 of “Searching for Italy” Stanley Tucci finds the chefs, restaurants, and delis that define Italian London.
Fall of the Wall
November 9, 2009, marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was in 9th grade when the news came across CNN that the physical symbol of the East/West divide was on the verge of toppling. And my mother reminded me today while I was reminiscing about the event that I sat for…
Bikini Atoll: Site of One of History’s Most Infamous Science Experiments
“Bikini is paradise again, but with an asterisk.” via Bikini Atoll: Site of One of History’s Most Infamous Science Experiments This fascinating long read from Outside Magazine’s S.C. Gwynne follows the story of Alson Kelen, a native of Bikini Atoll, site of the most famous nuclear bomb test in the world. ___ Please note I’m…
Elif Shafak reflects on Ankara, Turkey
“Mid-1970s Ankara was a grim place. At times the air was so polluted you had to wear a mask, there were long queues for basic necessities, and political strife had become so common, our favorite game as children was “communists versus fascists.” Still there was room for magic. Going to Youth Park on a weekend…
Japan Introduces Glow-in-the-Dark Manhole Covers
The Japanese city of Tokorozawa recently unveiled an initiative that will please both manhole cover obsessives and anime fans. The manhole covers, which illuminate via solar-powered LED lights from dusk until 2am each day, feature more than two dozen anime and sci-fi animation characters from 23 different franchises. Here’s a short video about the Tokorozawa…
Pico Iyer and Andrew McCarthy on Traveling and Writing
Videos of Don George talking to Pico Iyer and Andrew McCarthy at NG Live!
