by Beth Whitman - Wanderluster (August 24th, 2009)
Last week over dinner, Elliott Ng from Uptake brought up an interesting theory as he made note of the concentration of travel bloggers in the Seattle area (see photo). He mentioned an article in The Atlantic Monthly by Richard Florida from a few years ago. Richard’s theory is that rather than the world being flat [...]
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by Beth Whitman - Wanderluster (August 21st, 2009)
I shouldn’t be surprised when I see monks doing things that laypeople do. But, I cracked up when I saw these two young monks in Bangkok in one of the temples near the Grand Palace. Just like the rest of us tourists, they were taking pictures of each other in front of a large Buddha [...]
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by Beth Whitman - Wanderluster (August 19th, 2009)
I’ve probably seen the Badger Company kiosk 100 times at Whole Foods and REI but, truthfully, I never stopped to check out their products. Even when I walked by their booth at the Outdoor Retailer show, I gave a quick glance and thought, “What an odd name for a company – Badger.” Well, never judge [...]
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