by Maureen Stone I love calypso music and I love Trinidad, the land of calypso! From the time of my first visit to Trinidad in 1966, however, I have been warned about how dangerous this beautiful island is—certainly not the sort of place where a woman should go hiking on her own. Yet at four…
by Sharyn Smith I have returned from Mount Everest relatively unscathed, if not unaffected. The trip was brutal: driving for two straight days there, and two more back, in a luggage truck with three chain-smoking, butter-tea drinking, yak-eating Tibetans who spoke no English, and were apparently unable to understand my Tibetan. All attempts at communication…
by Sharon Spence Lieb Turquoise Lake Beauvert dazzles from every cozy corner of our Jasper Park Lodge cabin. “Turn off that TV,” she demands. “Don’t answer your cell. Forget email. Come. Someone wants to meet you.” We ignore the pretty lake. Read on the couch, nap in bed. Flip through fifty cable channels of bad…
What an amazing country!! And the biggest line you cross to get there isn’t a border or checkpoint- it’s your own fears given media coverage of the Arab world. Dismissing ancient Arabia as a dangerous, scary place is like any other blanket stereotype- you miss out on topographic details like the quiet progressivism and stability…
For the past few weeks I have been raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I am startled by how many people have been affected by leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma. Very scary. On Saturday, we threw a party at my house and raised over $5,000 for blood cancer research. It is such…
Name: Daniel Sosa Occupation: Dive Master Hometown: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Age: 38 Diva Minds Want to Know… 1. Where do you like to flirt? By day: A good amount of flirting can be found at the famous and a little infamous Nikki Beach restaurant/bar. Located at the Wesitn Hotel where most of the lounging is…