How Ann B. Davis changed my life
The Ann B. Davis incident fertilized the soil of my skepticism. A new world had opened in me. I became a travel writer, a skeptic, and a storyteller. Thank you, Ann B. Davis.
View ArticleManzanar, where decent Americans were destroyed [WATCH]
The history of the United States could fairly viewed as a succession of excuses for not living up to its contractual obligations. All men were not created equal, according to the Declaration of...
View ArticleCongress demands answers on privacy from Disney: the letter
Today, Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wrote The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger demanding answers about the new MyMagic+ “magic bands” RFID-based wristbands that are being implemented at the Orlando theme...
View ArticleHatch Show Print in Nashville: iconic style, letter by letter [WATCH]
You may not know the name Hatch Show Print, but you know the style. Its block letters are visually synonymous with Nashville and country music history. I was lucky enough to be invited behind the...
View ArticleThe Modern Minstrels
We don't need minstrel shows or vaudeville now. We have YouTube. Are Sweet Brown and Antoine Dodson the newest version of the old minstrel show?
View ArticleWhy ‘travel writing’ can cease to exist
The concept of "travel writing" is so limiting. Who wants to read about travel? That's a personal process, and it often involves non--illuminating details such as taxicabs, tickets, and uncomfortable...
View ArticleNY Travel Festival wants to rock the world (& I’ll be there)
On April 20, a new breed of travel show will make its inaugural appearance. It's called the New York Travel Festival, and I'll be speaking there along with some of the most cutting-edge names in travel...
View ArticleAre Disney’s Magic Kingdom Google Maps images fake?
What's the deal with these bird's-eye photos of Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando? They appear on Google Maps when you click "Satellite." They look fabricated. Why?
View ArticleDid Dan Rather just dis me?
Dan Rather called me one of the "Top Anchors" of the Web. But he also sorta dissed me. Didn't he?
View ArticleCool USB flash drive press kit designs
I receive a lot of press kits on USB flash drives. I saved a few of my favorites.
View Article8 things you didn’t know about ‘Shark Tank’
It has been a while since I wrote about Shark Tank here, but that doesn't mean I don't often still get questions about the show. Here's some stuff I can tell you that I bet you didn't know.
View ArticleHow to avoid travel scams: some resource links
I spoke about travel scams at the New York Travel Festival. Here are some key links for doing your own research.
View ArticleLovely luncheon by General Worth’s tomb
Near the northwest corner of Madison Square Park, in an concrete traffic triangle bordered by Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 25th Street, a squat obelisk is encircled by an iron fence. You'll never...
View ArticleMystery solved! The grave smiley Samaritan steps forward
It seems the mystery of "Who's leaving smiley faces beside celebrity graves" has been solved, and the answer is rather beautiful in its guilelessness:
View ArticleThe most brilliant cover for ’1984′ yet
Spotted in London at Foyles (which is moving into a newly constructed building next door in early 2014): Penguin UK’s brilliant and audacious reissue of Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four.’ It’s designed...
View ArticleThe Internet is a directory, but a good guidebook guides
Guidebooks as we know them have declined not simply because reading habits are shifting. The product shifted first. Guidebooks became dispensable because guidebooks, as we now know them, do not retain...
View ArticleMark Cuban forces ‘Shark Tank’ to give up its equity clause
Mark Cuban reportedly says his continued association with the show depended on the equity or share clause.
View ArticleBoston Marriage in Old Atlanta: An iPhone rings a silent Bell
A forgotten poet was resurrected by AT&T, which normally can't raise a signal much less the dead. But with a little smartphone gumshoeing, I had deciphered an enduring lesbionic relationship hidden...
View ArticleWhat the anti-SeaWorld documentary ‘Blackfish’ leaves out
People acted all surprised when Siegfried and Roy's tiger attacked, too. Tourists won't admit complicity; danger is why they go.
View ArticleThe stupid symbolism of the new World Trade Center
The new World Trade Center's symbolic height is wrongheaded, jingoistic, and ultimately embarrassing.
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