A Book for the Road by Jennifer Lawler Right at the outset of her latest book, The Improbable Adventures of a Middle-Aged Woman, author, traveler, and single parent Jennifer Lawler tells her reader that everything she has ever done made sense at the time, so right away one can’t help but like her. And if…
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What to do at Manhattan’s Bowling Green
Seeing New York City One Subway Stop at a Time From my catalogue of good ideas is the notion of exploring a city one subway stop at a time. This approach works well with a city in which you happen to live, for those cities you happen to live near, and even for one-off cities…
A Stay at the Cotton Tree Lodge in Punta Gorda, Belize: Just the Right Mix of Jungle & Service
Feeling the call of the jungle, the Bashful Adventurer books a stay at the Cotton Tree Lodge in Belize. But it will be too rustic or just right?
The Mystery in the Bayeux Tapestry
It’s Not Just about 1066 and the Battle of Hastings It having been a very long time since I learned about William the Conqueror, the Battle of Hastings, and the importance of the year 1066 to British history, it is almost as an afterthought that I go and see the Bayeux Tapestry, a long piece…
Dublin: A Walking Tour to the General Post Office and a Stop for a Pint
From Kells to the Celt Take a Dublin walking tour: An easy stroll from a visit to the Book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin will take you from the university campus across the River Liffey, preferably via the O’Connell Bridge. (If you would like to take a more scenic route, go over the…
The Book of Kells: Worth a Visit?
Is the Book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin really a bookworm’s delight? And if you’re not a bookish sort, is a visit even worthwhile?
Where to Brush by the Revolution
I haven’t visited any places specifically to learn about the War of Independence, but I have stumbled upon little reminders at a few places. Seeing little bits of the past brings history alive for me. I know I learned about the Revolutionary War in school, but now it’s so much easier to remember what I…
Visiting the Revolution through Books
American history keeps coming to me as I travel in the northeastern United States. I realize that, as a political science major, I learned more about the French and the Russian revolutions than the one had here at home. French Comte Rochambeau rode through my town; George Washington was in the area; how could I…
Dining Before the Revolution in Kingston
The Brawny Sherpa and I toodle around upstate New York with no specific plan in mind. Just enjoying a seasonal drive, stopping where we like at whim, doing so much of nothing, we get hungry. We are fortunate to stumble upon the Hoffman House Tavern in Kingston, N.Y. where we enter the 17th century. The…
Mapleshade Cemetery and Revolution in Ridgefield, CT
The Bashful Adventurer visits the graves of Revolutionary War casualties in Mapleshade Cemetery in Ridgefield, Conn. What will she learn there?