Central America is teaching me that stretch pants are for everyone. Especially in shades usually reserved for highlighters. I’ve also just learned that a google search for “classy fun tights” yields a wealth of options. Recently I was traveling in Cuba, where I couldn’t help but notice the parade of bright, form-fitting pants on a variety […]
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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 […]
“Try To See What Is Really There” And Other Travel Writing Tips (With Nicaragua On My Mind)
After eight days in Nicaragua, I’ve got a lot to think about. My skirts-all-the-way strategy (described in this earlier post) worked well, and a bit of MacGuyver laundry made up the shortfall in shirts and ladylike unmentionables. Our group did touristy things like gorge on Salvadoran papusas and visit a pottery studio. We also visited […]