Pandemic dining—eating in at a restaurant— is just a little bit fraught. So why not head out for the ultimate comfort food, pasta? The Bashful Adventurer researches restaurants that are close to home. Mangia bene!
How to Reinforce Travel Memories
The Bashful Adventurer does some targeted souvenir-shopping and takes other fun measures to reinforce travel memories—and to keep her passion for travel alive.
Reader Top 10 List 2020: Eclectic Choices in a Wild and Crazy Year
A look at the Reader Top 10 list of 2020: Bashful Adventurers may have spent most of the year at home, but their travel goals are as eclectic as ever
11 Social Distancing Vacation Spots 2021: Domestic U.S. Travel
The Bashful Adventurer explores socially distant travel destinations that make viable getaways in 2021. Because although the coronavirus siege drags on, a social distancing vacation may bring us all some peace of mind.
The Travel Comeback Is Now
Here’s what holiday 2020 travel data is starting to teach us: we’ve embarked on a travel comeback, but travel is not going to look like it did before.
New York Ghost Town 2020: Manhattan
The Bashful Adventurer ventures into New York City a handful of times in the last half of 2020. Will she really find a ghost town named Manhattan?
Visiting Fraunces Tavern Now during COVID-19
The Bashful Adventurer heads to historic Fraunces Tavern in downtown New York City for a bit of history, good food (and whiskey!), and a dose of reassurance during the coronavirus pandemic.
A Book about Adventures in Travel at an Uncertain Time
The Bashful Adventurer picks up a romance novel written in the late 1930s hoping to see if and how the author addressed the coming war—and ends up getting a lesson on careers in the travel and tourism industry at a time when adventures in travel were far from mainstream
Spectacular Armchair Traveling 2020
With travel in place on everyone’s agenda for the next six months, the Bashful Adventurer offers some spectacular armchair traveling options for the rest of the year and into 2021.
Is the Circle Line NYC Safe?
With Broadway closed and New York City museums just beginning to open, visitors to Manhattan may be seeking more viable forms of socially distanced entertainment. The Bashful Adventurer takes a Circle Line NYC cruise around Manhattan during the time of the coronavirus. But will she feel safe?