This is part two in a three-part series about the Travel Bloggers Exchange (TBEX 2012) conference. See Part 1: An Overview and the soon to be released Part 3: New Friends, featuring some awesome travelers that I met at the event. [ If you are not at all interested in the geekery behind travel blogging and web marketing, I apologize--we'll have an awesome travel article up early this afternoon. ...
Experiencing TBEX 2012 | Part 1: An Overview
This past week, we went to Denver and to the Vail resort town of Keystone, CO to attend the Travel Bloggers Exchange (TBEX 2012), a gathering of over 700 travel bloggers and “new media travel writers”, a phrase for journalists, writers and other creative types who use the web to share their work. We had a lot of fun, met a lot of new friends, and learned some things that I’m certain will improve ...
Yerba Mate 101
One of the images I’ve always associated with Patagonia is that of the gaucho, sipping tea from a dried and hollowed out gourd using a metal straw. The tea is yerba mate, a South American native plan thought to have health benefits and an appetite stimulating effect. Drinking yerba mate is common throughout Argentina and Uruguay but in Chile, it is most commonly taken in the cold and windy ...
On Blogging, Colorado, and TBEX!
On Wednesday morning, Kevin and I are heading off to Denver, Colorado. We are staying with a friend for a few days before we head west to the mountain town of Keystone for my first ever TBEX (Travel Blogger’s Exchange)! Not too long ago, I would have thought that, though I revel in my dork-dom, a blogging conference was too nerdy even for me! I kept to myself, wandering aimlessly through my days ...
Paradise On The Road To Panic, PA
Oh, Pennsylvania. My dad used to live in the rural community of Big Run, PA (population 638), right down the highway from this sign directing travelers to the curiously named villages of "Paradise", "Desire", and "Panic"! They are primarily Amish communities, as is indicated by the hand painted sign for the Buggy Repair Shop. I've never been, but I hear that Lancaster County, PA also has ...
Chinatown: Gateway to L.A. Art and Architecture (No Car Needed!)
I lived in Los Angeles for several years and love the historic downtown neighborhoods that most tourists miss. Chinatown is one of them. It is smaller and gets fewer visitors than it's counterpart in San Francisco, but I think it is much more interesting, and a good starting point for travelers who love art, design and urban history. The neighborhood is not the original location of the Chinese ...
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