The boat approached Key West and I was suddenly seduced by the tropics. The swaying palm trees, the island music, the smell of conch grilling on the harbor BBQ – we were finally here, ready to bask in the sun for 48 hours and de-ice from the frigid Boston winter weather. The room at the [...]
Europe Travel
Galway Girl
One of the pitfalls of being a travel writer is the excessive urge to pack up and travel at any given moment. It’s not always easy on the bank account, although it’s always inspirational for the craft. When approached by my Irish-born blonde, freckled friend to take a trip to Ireland this summer, I was [...]
Lifestyle
Matters of the Heart
The 30-something-singles of the world have a tragic feat ahead of them — we spent a majority of our 20s focused on getting out of our parent’s shadow, making it on our own and finally finding a financially-stable place in this downward-spiraling economy. Look around the restaurant the next time you’re out to eat — [...]
Europe Travel
Paris: Then and Now
“Frogger” is a nickname I got after my first trip to Paris, when my overeager self dashed through traffic across a 4-lane rotary, narrowly escaping death in a way that reminded my girlfriends of the quintessential Atari game. I’d like to think I earned a 100-point bonus. In 30 days, I’m on a plane back [...]
Politics
A Letter to the President
Today you won a hard-fought battle and your prize is America. It won’t be an easy road – there are a lot of challenges ahead of you and whether you like it or not, you’ve got a horrible mess to clean-up from the last guy. Not even a Saturday Night Live skit can mask the [...]
Travel Journal
Customs: Welcome Home
I arrived home from London at 8:03 p.m. local time (1:03 a.m. London time). I was exhausted. I wanted a shower. Someone had horrible body odor on the plane and I wanted out. Finally, the cabin doors opened and I was set free. Off to customs, which surprising wasn’t that long considering it was an [...]
Lifestyle
Hello 2009!
Elephants are signs of luck and longevity in India and China cultures. Many elephant statues are made of jade, thought to have its own luck providing powers, and a stone I hold near to my heart. Elephants are known to be “large and powerful, intelligent, useful, and long-lived” thus leading the pack as a symbol [...]
Europe Travel
That’s Rome
One of the side effects of being a travel writer is that sometimes you wake up and forget where you are, or more likely, what time zone you’re in. Some days you wake up and you’re just too overwhelmed by the sights and the sounds of a new place that it’s almost hard to take [...]
Lifestyle
Gus
I’m working on a report due the moment I walk in the office Monday morning. I’ve spent the past few months working on this in hopes it delivers exactly what we need: notoriety. In working on this report, I’ve spent countless hours on phone interviews, email chats with analysts overseas and online researching stats and [...]
Lifestyle
Another Generation of Timothy Hutton
We decided to break free from the office at 5pm tonight and go see a movie. The screen: “Four Christmases” The time: 5:15 p.m. The place: Boston Common Loews Movie Theater, cinema 6 We grabbed popcorn and a soda and found two prime seats in the theater. Feet up, seat back, dark room … and [...]
