I’ve been charmed by the McMenamins empire since that first fateful pint of custom-crafted beer at the Kennedy School in Portland. Before my most recent trip, my buddy Liv told me about the recently opened McMenamins Crystal Hotel in Portland’s Pearl District. The Kennedy School houses its guests in converted classrooms (complete with chalkboards). At the Crystal Hotel, […]
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Field Reports From Travelers Under 35: An Interview With Editor Asha Veal Brisebois
Asha Veal Brisebois (above) is the editor of The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35 (2013). She is also publisher for the newly formed The Places We’ve Been books, dedicated to literary-based portrayals of the diverse experiences of human existence. To celebrate the recent publication of The Places We’ve Been, Asha recently chatted with […]
Happy Reading: A First Look At Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss
Happiness is on the brain. I read this interview with Cheryl Strayed on The Happiness Project, in which Strayed calls a 20-minute walk “the cheapest, healthiest cure on earth.” Preach it! And recently I finished Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss (which I heard about from JoAnna Haugen’s review.) Weiner’s book is a compelling and quirky quest […]