Nostalgia is an odd emotion, “a wistful affection for a period in the past.” Despite travelling on and off for over a decade, that nostalgia, that sense of lingering attachment, doesn’t disappear. An old photo, a few notes of a…
Hiking The High Line: An Elevated View of NYC
Well, it’s not exactly hiking (unless you count climbing the stairs). It’s walking. It’s a wonderful wander along an elevated railroad-turned-walkway that runs for more than 15 blocks down Manhattan’s West Side. Central Park might make the postcard pictures, but…
New York Tartan Week 2012
Tartan Week is annual event here in New York City, a celebration of Scottish immigrant influence on America. This April there were kilts and ceilidhs, poetry readings and parades – even a high end fashion show featuring collections from the…
Hanging Out by the Hudson in Hoboken
Home of baseball and birthplace of Frank Sinatra, Hoboken is a small city sitting straight across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Its one square mile is crowded with coffee shops, bars and boutiques; residents range from students to new professionals…
A Salt Lake City Spring Break
Think of the stereotypical American college ‘spring break’ and you probably think alcohol, bathing suits and beaches. Most of the time that’s an accurate analysis, be it in Miami or Mexico (I chose the former in 2009) but sometimes spring…
Over The Sea to the Isle of Skye
Probably one of the most well-known of the Scottish islands, the Isle of Skye is little more than a hop, skip and a ferry ride away from the location of my island intermission. From Bonnie Prince Charlie to Robert De…