Category: travel
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I want to go to there…
…Prague, Czech Republic. Maybe it was seeing the city as the backdrop for Amadeus, or maybe it was learning about its fairly recent overthrow of communism (1989), but Prague appeals to me exotically, unlike most other European countries. The Czech Republic truly tows the line between European, Old World, Soviet and Eastern. And although February…
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This week I am…
…pretending I live in a snow globe (why does the world feel quieter when it snows?). -Wearing these, like all the Swiss girls around here. -Following this with salacious fascination (quel scandal!). -Wondering why this is still a health issue (love this). -Making this exotic dish (still thinking about this). -Watching this Oscar contender for Best Picture. -Reading this before bed and…
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Why the Danish are happier than we are, even in their winters
The sun sets before four in the afternoon and the temperatures rarely surge above freezing, and yet winter is Denmark’s favorite season thanks to the Danes’ belief in the culture of hygge. What is hygge? Pronounced “hyOO-guh,” the word loosely translates to the mental state of coziness, according to Denmark’s government, which first used the…
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Birds of a feather…
…flock together when they live at the Center for Birds of Prey in Charleston, South Carolina. Writing for Garden & Gun magazine, I got to visit this unique animal sanctuary. Believe me, it is not a zoo. This is the real deal. Volunteers roam among visitors in leather gloves, holding speckled owls and sleek bald…
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It’s not about the bike: Nonprofit 88 Bikes
While cycling across Cambodia in 2007, brothers Dan and Jared Austin decided to donate their bicycles to an orphanage at the end of their journey. But when they arrived at the orphanage and found 88 children living there, they knew just two bikes wouldn’t cut it. They decided all 88 children should experience the happiness…
Paige Langton 