Insights on Travel & Culture
alley cat: noun 1. a stray cat
2. an adventurous, insatiably curious person
3. verb [intransitive] to explore ~ They love to alley cat around Rome.
This fall, Mary Herbert received the Society of American Travel Writers’ Gold Award for her photographic essay on the Friday goat market in Nizwa, a centuries-old city in northern…Continue Reading
Alien spacecraft in a Star Wars landscape? A surreal setting in the Land of Mordor from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings? Neither. These are stone wings in the Bisti Badlands, a little known desert region in…Continue Reading
Believe it or not, some people still doubt that human activity has caused dramatic, irreversible changes to our climate. While climate change deniers push back against scientists who warn of existential threats to humanity, others assert that, if we don’t adjust our lifestyles and initiate remedial actions,…Continue Reading
We always have a sense of freedom and adventure upon starting a road trip, particularly when that trip takes us through the open spaces of the American West.
Road…Continue Reading
You’re in Charleston at your favorite rooftop bar, sipping a mojito and basking in the warmth of an early fall sunset. Life is good, but, strangely, you feel…Continue Reading
Are you a movie enthusiastic who enjoys seeing movies and learning their backstories? If so, A Life in Movies, Stories from 50 Years in Hollywood (Abrams Press, 2019) by acclaimed producer and director, Irwin Winkler, will fascinate you. The book was just released in May and is available…Continue Reading
If kayaking through mangrove forests, feasting on seafood in an authentic Florida crab shack or watching the sun set over…Continue Reading
Must human greed forever prevent us from preserving civilization’s most precious artistic and natural treasures? We’re witnessing an administration in Washington that blatantly places corporate profits above all else. And our environment, including the country’s…Continue Reading