A Journey of the Actor’s Mind, Body, and Spirit in One Volume Actress Shirley MacLaine—of Downton Abbey, Terms of Endearment, Steel Magnolias, and Postcards from the Edge fame—also has a bit of a New Age-bent. She takes quite an interesting mind journey as she walks the Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of…
Strolling Fifth Avenue in New York City
NYC Sites to See on a Day Trip or a Longer Visit The Big Apple, a city of dreams for visitors of all ages, is also a city so vast that there will never be sufficient time to see everything no matter how long a vacation might be. Fortunately, New York City is very walkable….
Extraneous Learning at Duarte Square
History from the Dominican Republic to New York City On a walk from Soho to Little Italy, apropos of nothing, I come across a statue of Juan Pablo Duarte, the founder of the Dominican Republic. Why here? I wonder. I don’t particularly associate this neighborhood in southern Manhattan surrounded as I am by Sixth Avenue,…
There Really Is a House of the Seven Gables
Surprises at the Salem, Mass. Building that Hawthorne Made Famous It has been a long time since I have read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s House of the Seven Gables, but I am still excited to learn that he based his book on his cousin’s gabled house in Salem, Mass., and that the house today is open to…
Destinations Worth a Second Look
Deciding on Places to Visit in the Coming Year ’Tis the season for reflection. Here are some destinations worth considering in the coming year—along with some different ways to contemplate them. United States: Where We Should All Be on July 4th Graveyard tourism of the most important sort Adventuring: Watch with a Tourist’s Eyes…
Bashfully Appreciated Places, 2016
What readers liked to visit over the last year Should it be any surprise that the bashful adventurers visiting these pages have eclectic taste? Their reading habits show their interest—in learning, in history, in practical matters. The most popular posts of the past year spanned the globe, from South America, to Central, to North, from…
Spooning in Florence
Discovering Contemporary Art in a City of Masterpieces Taking the scenic route from the Ponte Vecchio back to the Soggiorno Battistero in Florence, the Brawny Sherpa and I become a little lost. Wandering a bit aimlessly, we try to work off cappuccinos and gelato and our overwhelm from the art in the city generally and…
Key West for Christmas
Leave Your Boots and Mittens at Home This Holiday Season Dreaming of a bright Christmas? Consider a trip to Key West to get a warm holiday fix. Love the Florida Keys? You might like these posts: Biscayne, Largo, West Key Biscayne Unbudgeted The Key West Wife Life and Death at the Key West Cemetery Chug-Chugging…
Tarrying in Tarrytown
The Bashful Adventurer discovers the Tarrytown Music Hall and the Oath Craft Beer Sanctuary in Tarrytown, N.Y.
Slacking the Saint James
Doing the Camino de Santiago Your Way The little nagging fear about embarking on a pilgrimage is, at least in my case, that everyone else on the trail will be a whole lot more religious than I am. So it is with some pleasure that I pick up yet another book about someone walking the…