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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

[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...