I celebrated my 27th birthday three days ago (btw, everything should be celebrated on the beach) and I’m still sitting with the fact that I’m officially in my late 20’s. It’s a weird feeling because it’s the first birthday that I can remember that’s made me feel “funny,” for a lack of a better word. [...]
January 21, 2010
Allow me to be a jackass for a minute when I say that I’m tired of seeing events for Haiti relief and artists doing collaboration songs about it. Yes, I’m serious. I just don’t see the point. What happened in Haiti is a devastating crisis. Every time I read an article or see photos, a [...]
November 24, 2009
The other day I was thinking how great world peace would be. Not just for the traditional reasons, but for travel also. Can you imagine what it would be like to get on a plane without having to drag your shoes off at security only to show mismatched socks? Wouldn’t it be great to travel [...]
November 18, 2009
I’m getting ready to go back to Brazil in about a month. And I thought to myself….self, it might be good to get some extra cash. Days of searching on the Internet pointed me to Demand Studios. It’s a company that uses writers to produce content for sites like eHow, Live Strong and Trails. When [...]
November 17, 2009
American Airlines just launched a website for the black travel experience and I hate it. Now, I won’t deny that one of the reasons that I hate this thing is because I had a similar idea years ago that I kinda started so I know that this can be much better than it is. However, [...]
November 11, 2009
I’ve been working on a city guide to Bahia for a few days now and then realized that I haven’t looked at my photos since I’ve been back. So while I finish writing up all that stuff, here’s a small photo essay on Bahia.
October 16, 2009
Ok, this is the last best list that I’m going to post for a while. I just keep running across this stuff and Brazil always makes the list. I was in my new favorite coffee shop in Harlem, New York yesterday and fell into a random conversation about Brazil. (I promise I didn’t bring it [...]
October 13, 2009
Eh hem, just another great reason to go to Brazil. As soon as I saw the article in Telegraph, I knew Brazil would be somewhere at the top. They rank number 2, sandwiched between Spain (1) and Italy (3). Hmmm, I’ve always wanted to go to Spain and Italy. Below is the rest of the [...]
October 12, 2009
Every time someone asks me where I’m located and I tell them that I pretty much bounce from city to city, the look they give me is priceless. It’s usually one of awe and aspiration. Many even find it inspiring. And while I live a great life and it works for me, I think it [...]
October 1, 2009
Dear American Airlines, There aren’t many things that I regret in my life. But every time I think about this incident, I regret not saying something when it happened or writing you a letter right after the incident. It’s been six years now, but I still remember it every time I get on an flight, [...]
February 23, 2010
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