by C.J. Weshinskey National Geographic hosted a seminar in Paris, the focus of which was photography and travel, my two favorite things. I had always wanted to see Paris: the romance, the mouth-watering delicacies, the architecture. Before my father-in-law died, he told me, “Everyone should see Paris at least once.” And I was going. I…
At the end of a long afternoon of wine tasting in Napa Valley, I feel as light headed as a hot air balloon riding on the warm currents. As much as I love a good Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, I think I overdid it: all I want to do now is rest and detox….
by Ashley Roof “Oh friends, last night I drank so much grog, it was really very bad…. But don’t worry, I drank enough beer to get over it!” (Maniacal, drunken laughter interrupted by the Holden hatchback stalling at a speed hump.) Tiger, our Indo-Fijian cab driver, begins to hiccup as he speeds us to the…
From college days in Spain and family vacations in Portugal to stints in Venezuela and trips to Morocco, Paula Cordeiro’s curriculum vitae reads like an adventure novel. It’s hard to believe that in between these adventures, she’s found the time to act as dean of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University…
by Gayle Mak Tokyo has one of the densest, if not the densest, subway systems in the world. An estimated two million people a day pass through the city’s main Shinjuku Station—which, with its labyrinth-like network of underground tunnels and shops, is possibly the liveliest in Tokyo. Taking the chikatetsu, or subway, is a fascinating…
by Stephanie Block We could almost hear a fiddler on the roof as the small van pulled into the village of Varaklani, two hours outside of Riga. This is where, pre-pogroms, my ancestors once lived, and we have the black and white photo of several robust peasant women stacking hay with long pitchforks to prove…