pilot episode Hello! Welcome to the inaugural episode of my LinkedIn travel newsletter. What to expect (not necessarily in this order): travel adventures — mine, friends and fellow travel enthusiasts travel tips + hacks photo essays travel industry current events trivia interviews and probably more than I can dream up at this moment. The frequency to begin, twice a month. Amazing Spider-Man started out as a bi-monthly, the every other month variety. Those creative mavericks did pretty well for themselves.

Number nine already. We’re going places! Back stateside. We’ll make more international visits of course. This installment is all about the Golden State, California. It’s my native state. As children, we camped, canoed, sailed, climbed desert dunes by moonlight, skied on water and snow. Bounced around the big cities, Los…

Why only certain songs get played on the radio? Deep tracks is a fun series to research and write. We’re up to episode 20. The first three episodes were released before a real sense of where the series was going. It’s still a work in progress. It’s still a challenge…

Travel is personal. Everyone has a sense most profound, a heightened sense of smell or expert hearing. Some travelers remember what they hear more than the sights. For example, she can tell you the sound the rain made on the terracotta roof tiles of the cozy villa in Tuscany last…

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Let’s talk road trips, interesting sights on American highways On the road throughout the world, there are curious objects stationed on roadsides, in fields or parking lots. To some, they are works of art. To others these oddities are an eyesore. To each their own. Whether the object is worthy…

Travels around the United States and the Caribbean so far. The next destination is England. A land filled with myths, mysteries, and ancient history. An important influence on the Americas, the island nation at one time commanded the high seas. Outposts and colonies wrapped around the world, the saying, “the…

New York City is one of the greatest walking cities in the United States. Navigating the city is a sport of sorts, cars, buses, cyclists, and other pedestrians at times makes for an unexpected cardio workout, dodging umbrellas on rainy days. Commute hours, the sidewalks swell with a sea of…