The Adult Gap Year: Sabbatical
A while back, I discussed the virtues of a gap year — a common practice in Europe in which students take a year off between high school and university to travel. […]
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Baltimore: A Self-styled City
This past weekend, my car miraculously got me down to Burlington, VT, where I hopped a flight to DC. Final destination was a wedding in Baltimore. Reunited 10 years after […]
Connections to the Past: The Machrie Moor Standing Stones
The Isle of Arran is off the West coast of Scotland near Ayr. From the mainland, it looks mysterious, with stormy clouds above or mist from the Firth of Clyde […]
Meet Charles Rennie MacIntosh
In Scotland, we stayed in Ayr, a seaside town about 45 minutes from Glasgow. We went through Glasgow a few times at night, unimpressed by what felt like a dreary, […]
Collecting Patterns in London
In London, Mike and I did a lot of walking. Our hotel was centrally located, and we try to do things on the cheap. But I think walking is the […]
the self-styled life 