Stateside again, between departures, and writing about why so many Americans wanted out.
San Miguel de Allende, an Expat Mecca
The search for an expat life will take many people to world-famous San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The spiritual center of Mexico and a UNESCO World…
Retiring Soon? Let’s Talk Mexico
“The U.S. retirement landscape is starting to look like a Charles Dickens novel.”
Mass Emigration from the U.S.?
What’s going on? Is America on the verge of mass emigration? What’s the deal with the never-ending cascade of get-away articles with tantalizing headlines like, “Best Place to Move Abroad,” “Retire Overseas at Half the Price,” “Top 10 Places to Live,” and the ever-enticing, “Most Livable Cities.” Do these articles signal a movement?
Who is an Expat?
Is there such a thing as an Expatriate or Expat in 2014? Or are these words lost to the 20th century?
Slow Travel — Then and Now
Slow Travel. It’s the art of living in a place for a limited time, immersing yourself in a new culture, learning as much as you can about the people, the language, the life there, and then choosing a new destination and moving on. Repeat again and again.
Slow Travel & Funky Apartments
The most (possibly only) tiresome part of slow travel is finding apartments. Sure, if we had unlimited resources or even just lots of money, it…
Slow Travel Four Years Later
Every place holds huge memories, and mundane life becomes special.
Key West
After six weeks in Sarasota, Florida, enjoying the Holidays with family and friends, the next road led us 376 miles to Key West, Florida. Our stay…
Last December, The Diagnosis, Death from Pancreatic Cancer
In September 2010, we were in Morganton, North Carolina, house sitting for a wonderful two-months. Unknown to us, the weeks to come would be…
Venice, Louisiana, at the end of the road
Far from the French Quarter, where the road south ends, we found Venice, Louisiana, and one of those unexpected experiences with great food and…
The Day, The Place, One Man’s Peace at The End of the Pier
Some days you leave the house for a seemingly normal outing and life confronts you with the profound and wonderful where you least expect it. That’s…
Montgomery, Alabama
On the next road from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans — leading through Montgomery, Alabama — we relived the history that had brought America a…
Occupy Wall Street, Sunday October 16, 2011
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.” Thomas Jefferson It seems a…
D.C., U.S.
Sometimes we don’t find the next road until the last minute. Like this time. There we were scurrying around like the squirrels in Presque Isle,…
Presque Isle, Michigan
After two months in Baltimore, we packed our bags and headed north to Presque Isle, Michigan. Wait, don’t click to Google Maps, just hold up your…
Baltimore, Monument City
B’more, Charm City, America’s Comeback City, The City of Firsts, Monument City… I prefer the latter name because it must be the oldest and from…
Not in America
Never in America should a city like Flint, Michigan, be left to the kind of ruin we have witnessed. Even if one were to view it only from the narrow…