When I wandered back from the loo, he was folding himself into the center seat. I was bummed because I was hoping it would stay empty, of course. The guy was a thin, sandy haired guy in a pilot’s uniform, stripes on his shoulders and we were delayed. A lot. The kid in the window seat, a nice looking hipster with a newer digital camera, snapped pictures out the window while we sat on the runway. As we rolled back to the terminal and again, back out on the runway, we started to talk.
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Lighting Round: Vancouver
“Let’s just go home,” we said. Why? Well, sometimes, the Northwest rain is a little too much. Watching the torrents pour from the sky this morning was gloomy and uninspiring. Saturday had been just fine, but short of some visiting that would have been nice to squeeze in, we’d accomplished our goals. We’d visited Little …
Bad Boyfriends and Good Garlic Bread
My friend made the best damn garlic bread. She taught me how back when we were still friends. Once you know how, you realize it’s the only way to make garlic bread and it’s absolutely perfect. You mash a bunch of garlic into some butter or margarine. Then, you slice a loaf of good bread …
Sustainable Travel International
Another travel-related interview, reposted from BlogHer.
There’s lots of editorializing in the travelsphere around green travel, from the simple idea of reusing your towels in that motel to exotic travel to ecotourism destinations. Brian Mullis took time out of his busy schedule as the president of Sustainable Travel International to answer a few questions about green travel and STI, an organization that:
Promot(es) responsible travel and ecotourism, support(s) sustainable development, and help(s) travelers and travel providers protect the cultures and environments they visit.
Sustainability is kind of a buzzword these days, along with “green”. Can you tell me what your definition of “sustainable” travel is?
Sustainable tourism is a form of tourism that provides a net:
- Improvement in conservation of the natural environment;
- Social benefit for local communities;
- Profit for business owners and shareholders; and
- Gain for national and regional economies.
Go Green: Q&A with Sustainable Travel’s Brian Mullis
There’s lots of editorializing in the travelsphere around green travel, from the simple idea of reusing your towels in that motel to exotic travel to ecotourism destinations. Brian Mullis took time out of his busy schedule as the president of Sustainable Travel International to answer a few questions about green travel and STI, an organization that:
Promot(es) responsible travel and ecotourism, support(s) sustainable development, and help(s) travelers and travel providers protect the cultures and environments they visit.
No to Jewelry and Yes to Peanut Butter
The Travel Channel sent a couple of preview discs from Samantha Brown’s new series, Passport to Latin America. Shopping for bikinis in Rio, learning to tango in Buenos Aires… it looks to be a great series. Sam is an enthusiastic traveler who makes contact with the locals and seems to score great hotel rooms at swanky places. What a way to travel!
I did a Q&A for BlogHer, but it occurs to me that you might like to read it too, it’s kinda fun.