The San Francisco Street Food Festival is a fun-filled foodie day, hosted by La Cocina, that advocates for the creation of policies that support the formalization of mobile food vending in San Francisco. (Try saying that in one breath…wait-not with your mouth full!) Save the date for an e.z. one-stop chance to sample some of…
by Allison Neves Have you ever been out in the middle of nowhere? Seriously. I mean a place so remote that if you didn’t leave a detailed itinerary with someone regarding your exact location that you would be virtually impossible to find? Well, I have… several times, in fact. And, what I’ve discovered is that…
by Lisa McCallum In late December of 2004, I sat in the foyer of my $5-a-night hotel room in Penang, Malaysia, arguing with an angry night guard who insisted I keep my door closed. I tried telling him I was waiting for a bus. He finally gave up and went back to bed, and my…
When I was a little girl, I wanted to buy a stairway to heaven so I could stay in a perfect place with fluffy pillows and happy people. Well, after all my travels, I don’t need that stairway because I have found some hotels that are pretty close to heaven. For a hotel to make…
When I was a little girl, I wanted to buy a stairway to heaven so I could stay in a perfect place with fluffy pillows and happy people. Well, after all my travels, I don’t need that stairway because I have found some hotels that are pretty close to heaven. For a hotel to make…
Hey, Divas! Be sure to check out the special year-end issue of Glimpse Quarterly, “Global Greening: Lessons from Abroad,” which offers a compelling look at how the rest of the world is responding to increasing environmental threats through the eyes of our student and young adult correspondents Check out the PDF at this link: http://glimpsefoundation.org/downloads/issues/winter2007/Issue.pdf…
Photos of The Frangipani Eco Resort and Spa After two amazing days at Shangri La’s Rasa Sayang’s Rasa Wing, we are now up on the tropical island of Langkawi. Langkawi is a lovely island near the Thailand boarder of Malaysia. Unlike the island of Penang, where the majority of locals were Chinese and Indian, here…