My girlfriend Marissa, who’s traveling to Barcelona, Spain, asked me if she could bring home to Chicago some wine, cheese, or its famous ham as a delicious souvenir? Continue reading “Can I Bring Home Wine, Cheese, or Ham from Spain?”
“Do you mind if I just… hold your hand?” Continue reading “Coping with a Fear of Flying: A True Story”
I’ve never gone on a cruise, I’m not in the market for one, and besides I can’t swim, but this caught my attention. My friend, Mary Grace, received an email for “50% off – The most unique cruise of 2012”: the Titanic 100th Anniversary Memorial Cruise. This is a joke, right!? Perhaps a sick, morbid one, … Continue reading Would you sail on the Titanic Memorial Cruise?
Ah, the tight tether of the smartphone.
We travel to escape, oftentimes, the humdrum of our everyday. As I mentioned a few posts ago in Things I Bring: Don’t bring your laptop unless necessary, i.e., you have to work while away. I think most people would agree with this. Decidedly fewer people, I suspect, would be willing to leave the beloved smartphone at home, however. Most times, I’m Team Smartphone. Here are some key questions to consider when contemplating if it’s smart to bring the smartphone, and how to do it. Continue reading “Is it smart to travel with your smartphone?”
