Travel Essays

Yes, the World Is Still a Disaster, so Let’s Play Ostrich and Talk about the Maldives

Let’s Just Forget Everything That is Currently Happening and Reminisce About Happy Times – The Seychelles

Do Not Travel to the UK – Read! – Instructions for Happiness

Carry an Artichoke, Blend In and Look Bland: Tips for Traveling Well (and a PSA for Halloween Costumes)

Travel Quotes to Make You Want to Stay Home

Tales of the University Splendide and the University Superius

The Unshakable Quack – How to Hotel

Aussie A-Go-Go – Unalloyed Joy in the Southern Hemisphere

Bali Hai might be calling you – but that doesn’t mean you need to answer

Raffles (in Singapore) – The Dream that Was Not to Be

India – Going Home to a Place I’d Never Been Before

“Travel Hopefully” – Thailand

How to Find a Tea Plantation – Happiness in Malaysia

Visiting the Island of Malta – For Those Times When A Good Italian Cafe Might Be Too Much Joy

Sweden – Fuss City

How to Deal with Zurich

Vegas – Vegas – Vegas

Maine: How to Survive Bears, Badgers, Bobcats and Excessive Sharing at B & B Breakfasts

How to Move to Vermont

How to Behave in Vermont (for the very short period you live there)

The Utter Tiaralessness of Waterbury, Warren, and Waitsfield

How to Hang Out in Hotel Lobbies (Not Just for Ladies of the Evening Anymore!)