I was out with Jim, his wife Leslie, and Rolf last week. Yeah, when we’re together we talk about travel books, travel writers, travel, but all sorts of other stuff that non travel writers talk about, too. On this one particular night, I can’t remember if we were in Tijuana, or at this really cool […]
» Read more...Month: November 2004
Writing Residencies
So, there are probably a gazillion, or at least a few hundred writing residency programs out there. I’m not talking about grad school, more like retreat places that you either pay/get fellowships for. You know, pretty houses in far away places where you can focus. The current issue of Poets & Writers has an article […]
» Read more...The Vault: Tim Cahill
What do you call it when you find something online that you haven't seen before? And then what’s the word for when a blogger posts about something so outdated? I just Googled Tim Cahill and found this Q&A on Outside Online. Tim Cahill Answers Your Questions He also listed some of his favorite books. To […]
» Read more...Thanksgiving.04 Weekly Stats
I know, I know, I didn’t do stats last week. Here you go: Current Reads: my email if I was lucky Movie this week: National Treasure Song a single woman pretends is being sung to her: Lenny Kravitz “Lady”. (Here are the guitar tabs if you want to play it for me) Pitches: 0 Assignments: […]
» Read more...Sunday Travel Book Notes 11.28.04
Heaven is alone time. I'm done with the holidays and have just returned to my wireless fixated, blogging, house-hopping, eat, sleep, and brush-my-hair-whenever-I-want ways. Only now I'm going to look a tad bit cooler doing it because my cousins took me shopping and attempted to hone my eye for an outfit. But I promised you […]
» Read more...Travel Classics West Conference
Laurie King of the Travel Writers’ Calendar went to the Travel Classics West Travel Writers Conference at The Sanctuary at Camelback, formerly called Troutbeck. She was kind enough to share what she learned on her website for travel writers. I liked this nugget. “You know how in “Writing for Magazines 101” the first thing you […]
» Read more...Turkey and Poker
Last year's Thanksgiving story, “We're All Turkeys,” can’t be beat. It is one of my favorites. This year the universal way for the Leos to show their love at Thanksgiving was to show up. My uncle brought his family of five from the East Coast (Virginia and North Carolina). This was a big deal because […]
» Read more...All In: The Fastest Growing Magazine in 2005
Howard Lederer, Jim McManus, Chris Ferguson, and Ben Affleck are either contributors or on the cover of this premier issue. Um….how fast can I get a copy? Will this be the first magazine subscription that I buy despite being address-challenged? I think so. Bhu Srinivasan is a smart smart man. Look at the way he’s […]
» Read more...Travel Tips from Rock Stars
Veteran travelers will know some of the more pracitcal of these tips, like Dave Navarro’s suggestion to underpack, but it’s still fun to hear it from the mouths of musicians. “Rock ‘n’ roll road tips” by Simona Rabinovitch from the Globe and Mail “British DJ Ben Watt, also one-half of pop duo Everything But the […]
» Read more...Travel Poetry?
The Tupelo Dorset Prize makes me think of how Tim Cahill got his yoga assignment. “Jen, there’s a poetry contest running…are you a poet?” “Me? You mean the stuff with the funny names like iambic pentameter? No way.” “The prize is $10,000.” “Oh, you mean p o e t r y. Yes, of course I’m […]
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