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How Do You Travel?
I’m fascinated by how people travel and vacation in different ways. Picture your ideal vacation. Say you get a week off work and have a $1,500 budget. Where do you go? What do you do? Here’s what I’d...
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7 Random Road Trip Tips and Thoughts
Back during a time when I was making many road trips for my first–and last–long-distance relationship, I wrote an entry about how I’d pimp my ride for long trips if I could. Today I have a few...
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The Best Test of a Relationship
I’ve been quoted in many books of quotes as saying, “The best test of a relationship is to take a trip together.” In my experience, it’s completely true. When you’re on a trip, you’re outside of your...
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By the Time You Read This…
…I’ll be a stranger in a strange land. That’s right, I’m in Ireland. I’m writing this post on Wednesday, but I’ve scheduled it to publish at exactly the time that my plane sets down in Dublin. This...
View ArticleIreland by Percentage so Far
If all I knew about Ireland came from the first day and a half of observations and experience, here are all the assumptions I’d make about Ireland: It rains 0% of the time. 99% of Irish people are thin...
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5 Reasons to Stay at the Clontarf Castle Hotel
I’ve always wanted to live in a castle. Unless I ever get filthy rich or decide to pursue a career in butlery, that’s not going to happen. Thus I satisfied part of that childhood desire of mine by...
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11 Ways to Have a Great Vacation in Ireland
Make sure you stay tuned for the contest at the end of this entry. It involves Irish chocolate! I spent the last 6 days just outside Dublin in Clontarf, Ireland. It was a solo trip, and I’ll delve into...
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Things I Learned About Myself by Traveling Abroad Alone
Me in Howth. Just me. This past week I’ve discussed my Ireland trip in detail, and I’d like to end the week with a reflection on what I learned from going on this trip solo. I wanted to stretch myself...
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How to Eat Your Way Across Austin, Texas: A Photo Blog
Two and a half years ago, my friend Eric quit his job as a lawyer and moved down to Austin with his girlfriend to pursue the dream of owning a restaurant. 8 weeks later, he had a food truck called The...
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I Want to Go to There
Yesterday a site called Twisted Sifter posted their top 100 photos of 2012. There are some really creative photos in the mix, but the ones that truly moved me were of locations I had never heard of or...
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Want to Write? Take a Train
Yesterday I had a heated debate with a friend about Megabus vs. Amtrak. Megabus is a bus that offers super low fairs if you book your seat well in advance, and every day the price goes up a little bit....
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Where Would You Go for a Food Vacation?
I would do anything for some good takoyaki. Anything. While feasting on one of the many delicious homecooked meals I ate while in Virginia recently, the topic of “food vacations” came up. Whenever I...
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A Tour of Rustic England…for Introverts
I love this concept. There’s a company starting something called a “Sacred Introvert Retreat Tour” in the Somerset/Wessex region of England. In some ways, it’s a typical tour. You visit beautiful,...
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My First Time in an Airbnb
As I mentioned yesterday, this past weekend in Austin provided a weekend of firsts for me, including my first-ever stay in an Airbnb. For a long time I’ve confused Airbnb with couchsurfing....
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Which Airplane Seat Do You Prefer?
I’m a middle-seat guy. Apparently that’s a rare preference–so much so that airline experts are actively discussing ideas of how to encourage people to choose the middle seat. As this Fast Company...
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If Money Were Not a Factor, Where Would Your Next Vacation Be?
Over the weekend I had a nice long chat with a friend about vacations. A long time ago, she identified a personal need/desire to take one vacation each year. She’s traveled around the world and...
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You Decide: Which Bucket-List Item Should I Do Next?
I’m a few years behind on this news, but while watching Last Week Tonight today, I heard that rapper Pitbull once ran an online poll to let fans decide where he would go next. The result? Pitbull...
View ArticleWhat’s the Video You’ve Shared the Most?
I subscribe to a lot of YouTube channels, and I “like” maybe 5% of those that I watch. On rare occasions, I’ll share videos on this blog, or maybe I’ll send them to 1 or 2 friends if I think they’ll...
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8 Things I Learned About Seattle Last Week
Last week I spent 3 days in Seattle, primarily to visit my brother and his new baby. I had a great time, and along the way I learned some things about Seattle that I thought I’d share with you: Awesome...
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What Are the 3 Most Beautiful Places You’ve Ever Seen?
Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept and future of travel, especially with the proliferation of technology. I think I was in Seattle when this occurred to me in reference to a World’s Fair. From...
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