We recently spent a winter weekend in Portland, which I have to clarify by adding “Maine”, because we did not, I repeat we did not, go to Oregon. The gift shops in Portland know all too well that if you tell someone you went to “Portland” they automatically assume the one in Oregon. Every fridge…
What do you get if you cross a giant candy store, an Amish farm, and an overloading of Christmas cheer? A day trip to Hershey World and Koziar’s Christmas Village from NYC. We had a booked a tour to visit Hershey Chocolate World and Koziar’s Christmas Village. It took over 3 hours to get to…
Hiking is good exercise so one fine autumnal day we went hiking in Bear Mountain State Park. However, when you live in New York City, to go hiking you have to walk to the subway – passing a perfectly adequate gym on the way – then take the subway to the bus station, then sit…
This might be useful to some. Here’s how to get from Cap Haitien to Port-au-Prince by bus. For those who don’t know, those two places are in Haiti, one of the least visited countries in the world. So I’m not expecting a lot of people to find this post through Google Search. Google Maps told…
Here are the 15 stages I went through when playing blackjack in Las Vegas. How do I play again? Okay, that round didn’t count. I think I get the hang of it now. Did I win? I think I won, didn’t I? I’m still winning? This is so easy. Why aren’t you guys winning too? Why…
Hello friends, I just wanted to write and tell you that my apartment in Manhattan is on the ground floor, facing out to the street, and quite often people walk past the window and we make very awkward eye contact.
We stayed in our first Airbnb in Mexico City. It was great. We stayed in our second Airbnb in Cancun. It was…less great. Story time! Once upon a time, there was a farm boy called Jack who traded his cattle for a handful of magic beans. Sorry, wrong story. Our story today starts outside an apartment…
Starfish and sloths are two killer reasons why you should visit Bocas del Toro, Panama. Here’s my experience. I stopped by Panama en-route to Bogotá, Colombia. My first impression of Panama City was that it was blander than a pancake without maple syrup so I jumped on a domestic plane about the size of a…
If I had a bucket list, it would include getting a tattoo, snorting cocaine off somebody’s stomach, and setting up a business renting pets by the month for people who aren’t actually sure yet whether they want a dog shitting on their carpet. One thing my bucket list definitely wouldn’t include is roasting marshmallows with an Amish lady…
As a British person, I’m not supposed to celebrate 4th of July. It celebrates one of our greatest embarrassments: one of our best colonies got away. Me celebrating America’s freedom is like a rich white person celebrating the end of slavery. It’s illogical. But then I realised it doesn’t matter. If America wants to have a…