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Travel’s missing ingredient

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:April 13, 2018
  • Post category:Travel & Adventure

Yelp, TripAdvisor, Instagram, Google Street view and countless other always-available web sites and services have drained travel of a critical ingredient: Mystery. How often do most of us land in…

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Food Matters: Paris

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:March 18, 2018
  • Post category:Travel & Adventure

One of the pleasures of travel is finding good, local food. And one of my favorite cities for eating is Paris, thanks to an exploding culture of creative cooking that…

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Turin, Eataly, and catching a ride with a stranger

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:January 2, 2018
  • Post category:Travel & Adventure

I had only a vague idea where we were, which wasn't comforting since we were sitting in the backseat of a stranger's car. After getting in the car 30 minutes…

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Go when you want, see what you like

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:December 14, 2017
  • Post category:Travel & Adventure

Whenever I run across the question, "What should I see when I visit [blank]?" I can guess most of the answers. Helpful folks will respond with a list of the…

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