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...

Phone Charger Panic

Tip: When you forget your charger, borrow one from the hotel lost and found. Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of interviewing Anthony Melchiorre, whose Travel Channel TV show Hotel Impossible kicks off its fourth season in January. He mentioned that one of his...

Quiet Traveler

I’m an introvert. There, I’ve said it. (If you know me, this will come as no surprise.) Introversion affects the way I travel, I’ve noticed lately. Turns out I’ve adapted to suit my social inclinations. On the other hand, I suspect many extroverts do too (in an...

Where I Make the Case to Unplug under 10,000 Feet

I’m feeling a little contrary. The FAA recently relaxed most of its restrictions on the use of personal electronic devices in flight. (Voice calls remain verboten). This was good news by all accounts, with the greatest criticism being of the “it’s about time” variety....

Reading: Week of November 11, 2013

Bay Watched: How San Francisco’s new entrepreneurial culture is changing the country, by Nathan Heller This week, the reading that rumbled around in my brain for days was an article, not a book, that I found via Ben Casnocha (whose blog you should read...