Executive Travel closes its doors today. In thinking about this personal milestone after more than 12 years as the magazine’s managing editor, it strikes me that ET’s tagline, “Savor the Journey,” has never been more appropriate. It’s been a heck of a ride. We...
Travel writing
Finding Enthusiasm
Yesterday I bought a new pair of running shoes. Behind me were my old shoes’ cruelties: pinched toes, tingling feet and a sense that I was slogging through mud. Over the last month, my running motivation had begun to wane (unrelated to shoes) and what was once a...
A map label, politics and a pickle
"Can we change Arabian Sea to Persian Gulf?" the copyeditor asked. A simple question, right? Not so simple, it turns out. The body of water was labeled on an illustrated map of the UAE within a story on Abu Dhabi I was editing. I did a little search to get up to speed...