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It’s that time of year again: The busiest and most backed-up travel day of the year is almost upon us. What’s meant to be a mid-season break full of fall fashion and family time can easily devolve into a stressed-out mess…
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Have you been curious about the different ways that people are wearing their hair lately? It seems like this year, we’ve seen a shift from some safe, classical haircuts and styles to more creative alternatives, including unique coloring. Pushing the…
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Baobab trees break up the grassy savannah plains before a meandering river turns the ground into swampland. The roar of a lion echoes in the distance, giraffes tower among the trees and elephants toss up sandy earth as their own…
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“There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm,” wrote Teddy Roosevelt famously. He was…
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The crack of the bat, the smell of popcorn in the air, an organ playing outdoors on a bright and sunny day – this is America in the summertime at the great ballparks of the USA. Classic American ballparks are…
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It’s that part of the democratic cycle again: political junkies stay tuned into their favorite 24-hour news sources while most of the rest of us seek to escape the endless deluge of nonsensical ads, non-sequitur attacks, and noncommittal answers to…
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Whether you’re a self-proclaimed member of the Beyhive or just another innocent onlooker, the fact that Beyonce just released a brand new album will not have escaped your attention – at least not if you’ve so much as glanced…
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As travel guru Rick Steves says, good travel is thoughtful travel. Today the world is wide open, and nowadays you can afford to see it on nearly any budget, which means more travelers than ever before are publishing posts and…
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Poetry has been one of the most inspirational and creative mediums for self-expression for centuries. It’s no wonder that it has its own month: April is National Poetry Month. One of the most dynamic forms of poetry is spoken word,…
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After spending the winter in a snow-blanketed mountain town, trapped in by icy roadways, we finally broke free from the winter gloom. We ran towards the desert like there was no other escape from the clinching cold and snow, bounded…
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