You usually have to get to know me, buy me a meal or at least a drink, to get to know what a mess I really am behind this polished poised surface. But new for 2009, I’m letting my wreckishness hang out all over the place.
Starting with my office. I’m re-organizing the room that [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Exposing My Mess to the World!
Posted in Daybook, On Too Much Information, On Writing and The Media on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tourists of Evil Omen?
Posted in Asia Travel, Daybook, On Places & Travel, Travel to Europe, tagged mumbai, terrorism, travel on December 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A couple of days ago, I discussed my odd travel karma of having been in a few places this past year that became victims of terror attacks.
Well, this couple has me beat. Jason and Jenny Cairns-Lawrence were in New York City for 9/11, London for the attacks of July 7th, 2005, and then in Mumbai [...]
Literary London, Fab Resources for Bookish Travelers
Posted in Daybook, On Books, On Places & Travel, Travel to Europe, tagged bookstores in London, literary travel, London, london literary maps on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was just researching my next column for TheStreet.com, which will be about insider’s tours of London –recommendations for lovers of food, shopping, movies, the environment, and, because I love them, books. (As I mentioned earlier, I did a little bookstore crawl during my last London visit, which included Persephone Books pictured at left.)
I discovered [...]
Flee for Your Life Decidedly
Posted in Asia Travel, Daybook, On Places & Travel, Travel to Europe, tagged Beijing, Paris, terrorism, travel on December 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It seems I have had some odd travel karma in 2008: two places that I visited became terrorist targets.
One, the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower in Mumbai, and the other, more recently, Printemps, the Parisian department store , which was evacuated after five sticks of dynamite were discovered in the men’s department, just a week [...]
Rising Sun: Robb Report, January 2008
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this issue, I preview the newly refurbished Singita Pamushana in Zimbabwe. I’m a big fan of the Singita brand, and I’ve written about their Sweni and Lebombo properties in South Africa for Robb Report before –they do the luxury game lodge thing up right. (Their guide’s diaries are fun reading.)
Although I didn’t write about [...]
Surviving Stuck at the Airport: A Las Vegas Parable
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, Daybook, On Places & Travel, United States Travel, tagged holiday travel advice on December 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Surviving Stuck at the Airport: 12 Tips
Posted in Daybook, On Places & Travel, tagged airport advice, holiday travel advice on December 20, 2008 | Comments Off
Four Hours in Toronto –Business Traveler, November 2008
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, Canada Travel, On Places & Travel, tagged travel to toronto on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s my story on the best way to spend an afternoon in Toronto, in the November 2008 issue of Business Traveler magazine, and also online. I suggest ending up at Soma chocolatemaker, whose menu is pictured at left.
I’ve written a bunch about Toronto after my weekend there this past November. Here, I muse about the [...]
Why I Can’t Go to a Topless Bar in Vegas
Posted in Daybook, On Culture & Trends, On Places & Travel, United States Travel on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hamdi in Istanbul, Turkey
Posted in Daybook, On Food & Drink, On Places & Travel, Travel to Europe on December 10, 2008 | Comments Off
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