Trekpod Go! Pro : It’s a walking stick! It’s a tripod! It’s both! And yes, those magnet mounts really are strong enough to hold your DSLR with the telephoto. No, really, I tried it with my Nikon and the 28-300 lens I use for traveling. Great for the outdoorsy photographer in your midst. Tom Bihn …
My fondness for the ukulele is no secret. It started as a Hawaii thing, but really, it’s so much bigger than that. Because I play the uke, I met a Hungarian refugee with an amazing repertoire of Yiddish folk songs.I played a gig with friends at a divey Seattle rock bar and played with Hanohano …
I wasn’t really supposed to talk about it, but I wasn’t successful shutting up. I asked a lot of people about things like seasickness and the best boots for warm feet. I called my friend Sarah who worked at Palmer Station — I think her exact words were “OH MY GOD, THAT’S AWESOME!” I met …
I get to do a lot of amazing things as an independent blogger. Just two weeks I ago I attended a beautiful event at the Four Seasons in Santa Barbara. I had fancy cocktails and stayed in a room where the posted rack rate was, oh, it’s too embarrassing to say. I enjoy the things …
I was driving a pale blue Citroen 2CV that belonged to a friend who would not mind at all that I’d scraped up a fender after trying to back out of cornfield. The car got stuck and I had to go to a nearby cafe where, in very bad Spanish, I asked two ruddy faced …