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Sam Darling

Dec 29, 20184 min

Sasquatches I have known

In vacationing at Harrison Hot Springs with the family this holiday season I hadn’t realized we were venturing into the heart of Big Foot...

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Sam Darling

Dec 6, 20173 min

On indigenous people

Since I’m a newcomer to places like New Zealand, Australia, and Canada, I don’t harbor much of the shame of the colonialist past that...

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Sam Darling

Jul 19, 20174 min

Anti-Asian racism

It’s this weird thing that my thoroughly continental childhood had a slight Asian flavor to it, although it’s not something I generally...

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Sam Darling

Jan 9, 20173 min

Why don’t you move to Canada?

There are a host of frequent refrains you hear from American conservatives around elections and one of them is laughing at celebrities...

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Sam Darling

Oct 9, 20151 min

Travel ruined me

I love seafood. I have always lived by the ocean apart from those six months in Alberta, Canada. My favorite restaurant as a child was...

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Sam Darling

Mar 2, 20154 min

Frontier Airlines is terrible

This is a public shaming. My friend has a genetic disorder and experienced the worst possible customer service when she flew Frontier...

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Sam Darling

Jul 27, 20142 min

Malaga & Morocco

Growing up with stories of globe-trotting family inspired me to do my own traveling. Occasionally, I would walk in their footsteps. My...

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Sam Darling

Apr 16, 20141 min

Glamorous air travel

Matching outfits and travel with your poodle, Gigi, on your lap. [Helen Lasserre & Maria Baroni] I know we had PanAm swag all over the...

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Sam Darling

Jan 6, 20142 min

Moving again (!!)

Tibetan monks sometimes make mandalas, intricate designs of colored sand painstakingly created in a non-windy section of the monastery....

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Sam Darling

Nov 28, 20132 min

Puritans

I forgot about American Thanksgiving coming up. Perhaps because nothing could top our photo from last year. [Faux puritans. Thanksgiving...

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Sam Darling

Oct 5, 20132 min

I’m a time traveler

In America, I was an awkward child. It’s because I’m a time traveler. Opera singers, more than many other artists, spend their entire...

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Sam Darling

Aug 25, 20132 min

The difference with America

It was a lovely day. I took Metro North from my beloved Grand Central Terminal and rode up America’s most southernmost fjord (thanks,...

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Sam Darling

Aug 2, 20132 min

Travel tip # 6 – Long-ass flights

I’ve flown hundreds of times and most of those flights were more than four hours long. I’ve done a few back-to-back 14-hour flights....

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Sam Darling

Jul 27, 20132 min

Ode to Aotearoa

New Zealand has been good to us. It’s been a five-year vacation from the grime and absurd pace of New York City. I had to stop saying...

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Sam Darling

Jul 23, 20132 min

Our Maclaren stroller

When we first decided to have kids, I knew I needed a super lightweight stroller because I’d be hauling that sucker up and down subway...

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Sam Darling

Jul 17, 20131 min

Travel tip #5 – test pack

This advice may sound silly, but it will save you time and hassle. Give it a try. If you’re an infrequent traveler, do a test pack one...

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Sam Darling

Jul 9, 20131 min

Travel tip #4

Travel tip #4 – take it slow Something you can expect when you’re packing or moving is that you’re going to injure yourself in some...

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Sam Darling

Jul 8, 20131 min

Travel tip #3

TIP #3 – no suitcase needed If you’re relocating, don’t fly with a suitcase. Take a cardboard box at the maximum allowable limit...

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Sam Darling

Jul 6, 20131 min

Travel tip #1

I’m in the midst of the packing. It’s just as crappy as I remember. As I’ve done this annually my whole life, and often...

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Sam Darling

Jun 25, 20133 min

The first time you were alone

[Sam–smelly backpackers can still be stylin’–Chardin , Bremen, Germany 2001] When you are a child, there are a lot of firsts that pass by...

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