The Perils of Traveling by Private Jet

Smoke-Free Hotels On the Rise

Los Angeles Native Jonny Olsen: Huge in Laos

Saving Chekhov’s Yalta ‘White Dacha’ Home

How Can I Save on Transportation During a Round-the-World Trip?

Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel

13 Great Travel Horror Movies

The Hollywood horror archives are filled with tales of bad trips. To celebrate Halloween, Eva Holland and Eli Ellison sift through the carnage to pick their favorites—and lose a little sleep doing so.

Matt Weiland: Through 50 States With 50 Writers

The coeditor of “State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America” talks to Frank Bures about the book, the WPA and how the United States hasn’t been “bulldozed for speed”

Love Herring in Sweden

From artery-clogging casseroles to a fermented concoction that smells alarmingly like vinegary flatulence, Lola Akinmade digs in to a smörgåsbord of herring and explains how to best appreciate Scandinavia’s favorite fish. 

The Water Is Wide

Bronwen Dickey considers Tim Butcher’s “Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart,” which takes readers deep into the Congo

Vagrant Ruminations of a Compulsive Traveler

Where does the urge to hunt for that “fleeting fix of elsewhere” come from? Peter Wortsman recalls a life of travel inspiration. 

Notes From an Unofficial Tourist Greeter

Summer is over, and so is Julia Ross‘ season as an ambassador to travelers in Washington, D.C.’s Woodley Park neighborhood. She’s happy to be off duty.

What We Loved This Week: ‘The Zen of Bobby V,’ ‘When the Levees Broke’ and Arriving With Our Baggage

Hi World Hum contributors:

Nice experiences.

I’m just wondering where to move next, if I can’t convince the coop board, whom I don’t know, not to vote me out of my own apartment, which I paid 1.4 million for.

So what, I smoke.

I don’t think it’s legal for total strangers to kick us out of our own abodes because we were protecting ourselves or acting up. But I have good lawyers. So we’ll see.

If you’re in New York, you can watch me leave my building every day and visit fashionable restaurants to forget. My address is 514 Broadway Apt. 6G (between Spring and Broome). I can’t help but think of Heath Ledger, who died a couple blocks away from me.

Not sure what to do if they succeed in railroading me. Should I just put everything in storage and go to Easter Island or something? Check out the stone heads (moai) and storm about how I was wronged in my native country: America.

It’s almost funny, but not what I went through. I will try to include something about it in fictional form in my upcoming book series MOVE.

This is a situational tragedy. I see nervous exhaustion in my future. . . . or complete victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had the good fortune of screening The Zen of Bobby V here in Japan and I thought it was really good.  The documentary not only focuses on Bobby but how intensely the fans follow their teams here.  It really is amazing and well worth watching.

I drove into Las Vegas for a trade show that turned out to be the most relaxing, fun vacation I have had in 20 years. My friends convinced me to put on the wedding dress and have my picture taken in the wedding chapel with George Clooney at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. I gave him a big kiss and my best adoring look. All in all, well worth the week.

Thanks for sharing.  I really like Las Vegas!

I have also seen that documentary about Hurricane Katrina. Very interesting .. I believe it’s the best documentary I’ve seen on HBO.

This documentary is great focusing on Bobby but how intensely the fans follow their teams here.

Thanks very much for sharing. Good video, good team, I love them. Hope next time they play in Japan, I can go watching on the spot.