About 120 miles Northwest of Las Vegas, along a piece of the Mojave desert outside of Rhyolite (a dusty turn-of-the-century ghost town) is an outdoor “open air” art museum. Though-the-middle-of-nowhere-Nevada may seem like an odd location for a sculpture exhibit, the strangest part is that all of the art is the work of a group… Read More Photograph Some Funky Belgian Desert Art at the Goldwell Open Air Museum
While searching for a photo of a sea cucumber on Flickr (Yep, welcome to how Reannon spends her afternoons), I came upon an interesting photostream of bizarre canned goods. I have no idea where these come from and can’t vouch for their authenticity, but holy canned cow, those are some pretty interesting dinner choices! I… Read More Opening Up a Can of Worms: Photos of the World’s Weirdest Canned Goods
Usually there are only a few circumstances in which the words ‘ass’ and ‘Las Vegas’ appear together in the same sentence and those circumstances are usually in reference to strippers or the drunk Hang-Over types on the Strip. Rarely do you encounter a situation in Vegas involving the animal definition of the word (as in… Read More Things to Do in Las Vegas: See some wild donkeys (and horses too, if you’re lucky)
A couple of weekends ago, I went camping in Death Valley. While there, I roasted hot dogs and made s’mores over a camp fire, visited a castle, walked along a desert river and saw the famous “pup fish” (which were pretty underwhelming, by the way), made snow angels in a field of salt, climbed on… Read More 36 Hours in Death Valley: A Photologue
Last Friday a friend and I went to a Mexican restaurant, drank some wine and learned how to paint. Three hours later, I left the Mexican restaurant with this: Before you go and ask me if the city to the right is New York or if the black blogs at the bottom are… Read More Things to Do in Las Vegas: Canvas and Cocktails
It’s not the best film about India (I preferred Slumdog Millionaire), but it’s thought provoking and provides a fairly realistic portrayal of Indian culture and the culture shock felt by many first-time visitors there. I recommend it for anyone planning a trip to India.… Read More The Film “Outsourced” Portrays Culture Shock in a Funny and Realistic Way
If my eyes could talk, they’d be saying: “Holy HELL. Turn it off!” Talk about an eye-sore. If you’re wondering where on Earth I found these photos, I discovered them while searching in the recesses of Flickr for images to use for a piece I wrote for The Flying Fugu. If you’re interested, there’s more… Read More Why, HELLO Kitty! Photos from Taiwan’s Hello Kitty-Themed “Villa”
I’ve always been a fan of airplanes (hence my stint working for an airline and my obsession with airplane boneyards). Thus, for those that know me, it should come as no surprise that I’ve been trying to come up with a creative way to decorate my bedroom using airplanes I made out of origami (yep,… Read More Decorating Ideas for Travel Addicts: Paper Plane Art
Ha. Gotch ya with that title, didn’t I? No, I’m not talking about THAT first time, I’m talking about the first time you traveled abroad! What was it like? Where’d you go? How long was the trip? How old were you? I recently got asked by the folks at Divine Caroline to write a… Read More When was your ‘First Time’?
Yikes. So I’ve barely had a chance to update you on my trip to Jamaica or California and haven’t even mentioned my last great desert adventure (to a ghost town where I went on a wild donkey expedition) and now I’m leaving again for another weekend away (bad travel blogger, bad!). If you don’t hear… Read More Future Travel Plans: Camping in Death Valley and Five Days in Beijing