Armchair Travel: How to Go Places Without Going Places
Just because you may not be travelling right now doesn't mean you can't go places. Armchair travel has come a long way since we had to wait for our monthly National Geographic to show up in the mailbox. Thanks to streaming services, online virtual tours, museums with digitized archives, and of course, books (remember those?), there are plenty of ways to tour the world without leaving your own...
Taliesin West: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Desert Commune
When I think of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and everything I’ve read or written about him, the adjectives ‘relaxed’, ‘easy-going’ or ‘fun-loving’ definitely do not come to mind. Yet after visiting Taliesin West, his architecture studio and home just outside Phoenix, Arizona, I came to understand that this property was probably the one place where Wright was at his most chill. Relatively speaking, of course.
The Upside of Coronavirus: a Half-Full Glass View
It's impossible to ignore everything that is happening right now in the world with the media screaming coronavirus everywhere. And as a travel professional, I'm being asked a lot of questions about everything from the best kind of travel insurance to "Should I travel to Dublin?" So rather than post an article on a destination or travel experience, I thought I would address the elephant in the...