We’re coming up on three years. Three years since so much of our world put on the brakes. It’s been a really rough stretch, hasn’t it? While this era has granted us clarity on important social issues, it’s also shown us the unthinkable dangers of the unvetted, unedited, unreliable data storm that is the internet. … More Rebirth
I’m standing in my brother-in-law’s garage in my underwear. It’s a frosty, late-December-in-Northern-Minnesota 20 degrees in there. In the dim light I can see my breath as I struggle to open a clear plastic bag. From the other side of a door, I can hear the merry, loud conversation and laughter of my wife’s family. They have warmth, food and drinks. Children are running around in holiday frenzy. As for me, I have this plastic bag and its daunting contents. … More I Was Santa: A Heartwarming Holiday Story
In this moment, as we are stripped of the simple pleasures of life like food and travel, Somebody Feed Phil is chicken soup for the traveler’s soul. Season four launches today on Netflix. … More Somebody Feed Phil is just what we need for this Moment
Murky skies hindered visibility over Myanmar and Thailand on a visit early this year. It’s an apropos metaphor for the challenges we face now. … More Into the Murk
Introducing Jackie Alpers: cookbook author and award-winning photographer, who talks about her latest cookbook: Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona.” Also, check out an excerpt of her book, including a recipe for chicken mole amarillo. … More Featured RBG: Jackie Alpers, author of Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona
There is profound beauty in being broken. The things that break us form who we will be on the other side. The difference in how we absorb these lessons and transmute our experience forms our reality when we’ve put ourselves back together again. … More The Beautiful Decay
Empty shelves vs. stock-up culture. Real need versus a bottomless hunger for more. If we simplified, would we have more gratitude and appreciation? Would we make room for more wonder? … More Heeding the Call to Simplify
What does it mean to be a good world citizen when a pandemic looms? If travel is a selfish pursuit, how do we adjust for the collective good in the age of Coronavirus? … More Love in the time of Coronavirus
We’re featuring Sophie Vodvarka: writer, traveler and creative. See what makes her travel content different, how she discovered a passion for travel, and why she believes travel is important. … More Featured RBG | Sophie Vodvarka: Writer, Traveler, Creative
I wonder if this is it. Whether this is the moment I get robbed, or gang raped or murdered. So many people have warned me for so long, so many people fear for me as I go–even after all these years of going and returning unscathed. As someone who travels alone a lot, one comes to wonder whether it is a foregone conclusion that one–or all of these–at some point, are going to happen. … More My vagina is my greatest liability
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