TRAVEL
|
City Series Part Eight: Prague
Prague is the great metropolis of Eastern Europe.
The capital of Czech Republic has been the most successful and prosperous of all post-Communists cities; but not only politics and economy make Prague a great place to visit, its culture, art and architec...more
|
|
Vancouver 101: Speaking Canadian
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held on February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the resort town of Whistler nearby.
The 2010 ...more
|
|
Is Your Car Ready for a Holiday Road Trip?
Deep down, you know your car should be checked out before hitting the road for the holidays, but with so many other things left to do, some folks put it off. Bad idea, says the Car Care Council, especially when motorists realize that in as little as 10 m...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Knowing it when you see it
The ferry at New Roads was closed, so I had to drive down to the bridge at Baton Rouge and then back up to St. Francisville, where I found an RV Park right next to the Audubon History Site and talked Bill the owner into letting me set up my hammock in t...more
|
|
Mississippi Riber Project: Putting it together
I think most of you know that I’ve pictured this river journey as happening in three phases: the first phase is the human-powered journey I’ve been taking down the river, having adventures on the river and near it, meeting people, camping in parks, re...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Darkness in Vicksburg
It was a rainy and gray weekend, and I spent most of it at Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, doing some much needed housekeeping (my computer was misbehaving, laundry needed doing) at this quite wonderful spot that has free wifi and laundry and good s...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Only a pawn in their game
It’s been a sort of strange and unfocused few days these days: I left the river to go to Jackson to meet up with a new fellow-traveler who got laid low with asthma at the last minute and had to cancel. Somehow the combination of being far from the riv...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: When the levee breaks
Monday morning, I drove down to Rosedale and headed first to the library, where Martha the librarian gave me an excellent orientation to the town and its history. Turns out this area was a big center for making moonshine during Prohibition — instead o...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Goin back to Friar’s Point
I didn’t leave the River Museum in Tunica until long after it had officially closed, so I ended up staying in Tunica overnight, since, as in most gambling towns, the motels are super-cheap. The next morning I got in touch with John Ruskey, one of the ...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Starting Somewhere
We drove through Forrest City on the way to St. Francis National Forest because I was curious to see the town, which had been described to me as one of the most segregated places in America. The downtown is a ghost town almost on the level of Cairo, but...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Mormons in Memphis
The last week has been a very different experience from the whole river trip so far. Last Sunday afternoon, when I paddled in to the Shelby Forest boat ramp about twenty miles above Memphis, Mary had met a couple, David and Shawna, who live in Memphis a...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Land of cotton
<
p>(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
<
p>
Jim invited us to breakfast at Jen’s...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Flow in flux
(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
Leaving St. Louis was sort of hard: spending time with A...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Confluence
(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
Yesterday was one of the best days of my life.
I got up a...more
|
|
Flying Somewhere? Tips for Healthy In-Flight Travel
Taking a plane can mean a lot of things: the beginning of an exciting vacation, the means by which you travel home from college, the place where one might run over notes before an out-of-town business meeting.
Whatever flying means to you, it doesn’t h...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Darkness visible
(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
After all the adventures of the past few days, despite ...more
|
|
Cultural Chick: Three Must-See Female-Inspired Museums
As an art historian, I am passionate about the woman artist and her place in art historical discourse. So this week I present three museums in the United States that have changed the way women are included, and represented in the art world as artists, cur...more
|
|
Found - One red kayak
So I’m driving back from dropping off Rafaela at the Quad Cities Airport (I felt really bad that her whole visit was taken up with searching for the lost gear: not much of a river trip for her, that’s for sure), and as I was heading over the Burlingto...more
|
|
Missing - one red kayak
(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
When we went out to Green Bay landing this morning, the ka...more
|
|
Mississippi River Project: Sure to be saved?
(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
This morning I went to the Joy Baptist Church in Fort Madi...more
|
|
|
