How to Escape in Singapore
If you find yourself disillusioned in South Asia, a long weekend in Singapore may cure what ails you.
Writing Life
The Perils of Networking When Everyone Is Your Friend
I know a lot of fascinating people. I know writers and editors, chefs and restaurateurs, celebrity personal assistants and a few well-connected people in the television industry, pilots and programmers, museum curators and fashion designers. Many of the fascinating people I know I knew Before Social Media (BSM)*, while many others I “know” I have…
Why I Love Shoes
I just stumbled across this poem of sorts that I wrote last year for some shoe-loving jingle contest. Not quite sure why I didn’t win. I still think this is kinda cute:
Coming to Terms With Changing Locations: When Travel Leads You Home
Two months ago, I moved to another city. And I still haven’t gotten over it. This isn’t a tale of culture shock, though my old city and my new one are quite different. Nor is this a tale of hardship. My life is comfortable — more comfortable than most — and I didn’t have to…
Of Freelance Writers and Junkets: The Debate About Press Trips
Update: This post was originally written in 2009, when blogs had taken over but the iPhone was only two years old. The travel publishing world felt crowded but exciting in those times, especially if you had been brought up on writing guidebooks and working for travel start-ups that needed content content content. Influencers were already…
Death to Spammers
Over the weekend, some annoying spammer/spamming script infiltrated my blog, leaving some less-than-savory comments. Sorry if anyone saw these and were offended. I’m so annoyed. I feel so violated. If there’s going to be any g-d cursing on my blog then I’m the one who’s going to f**kin’ do it. Sadly, I’m afraid my choice…
TCB: Taking Care of Business
Bombay didn’t see much of me today, as I needed to get down to business of updating my web site, getting my email and computer streamlined, etc. I finally sat down and learned Net Objects Fusion so I could update my web site. The color scheme isn’t at all like my blog, so this will…
On Spec Or Not On Spec?
I’ve got one of those nasty summer colds right now, so my head isn’t quite right today. So it seemed like a good day to browse the net – also the BootsNall Boards – to see what was going on. I come back to the topic of travel writing, in general, and writing “on spec,”…
What’s Up, BnA?
Lots of web troubles going on as of late. Looks like BootsnAll, the site through which I have my blog, decided to do some upgrades. And, as a result, my blog no longer has formatting. Talked to a guy at support, and he said the site looks the same to him. Am I the only…
