The Grande Lakes Orlando Falconry School
Walk with a Hawk at the Grande Lakes Orlando Falconry School with Master Falconer Terry Arndt. At 10 a.m. on a humid 89-degree Saturday in July, a majestic peregrine falcon, the fastest bird in the world, stands atop the branches of a lush tree along one of the 11 placid lakes and ponds in […]
The Sound of Vinyl
Part 4: Listening on Vinyl, it’s Not a Good Versus Evil Situation “Vinyl or CDs, it doesn’t matter—you should use whatever you’re comfortable with. . . If you’re standing there stroking your chin going ‘this would sound better if it was on vinyl,’ yes it might do, but at the end of the day, people […]
The New Era of Vinyl
Part 3: People Under 30, Listening to Vinyl in the Material World “Record stores keep human social contact alive. They bring people together. Without independent record stores the community breaks down, With everyone sitting in front of their computers.” ~ Ziggy Marley In 2017, as a Federal Member for Grayndler, current Australian Prime Minister Anthony […]
Guardians of the Seeds
Guardians of the Seeds – Reconnecting with nature on a mystical, magical walk with trolls. Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, is a popular year-round tourist attraction for a myriad of reasons; its numerous shops are filled with items you won’t find back home, it boasts a variety of restaurants that rival the cities and towns nearby, […]
The Nostalgia of Vinyl
Part 2: Folks Over 50, the Value of Nostalgia “I’ll be the boy, in the corduroy pants, You’ll be the girl, at the high school dance.” ~ Tom Petty So let’s return to the question of why vinyl is having such an epic second act. Sure, it seems to be a medium rife with flaws. […]
The Vinyl Revival
Part 1: The Demise of My Vinyl Record Collection “Don’t throw the past away, You might need it some other rainy day, Dreams can come true again, When everything old is new again.” ~ Peter Allen It’s a lovely Friday afternoon on Southeast Burnside street in Portland, Oregon, and I’m talking to Keith Brown, a […]
5 Standout Coffee Shops in Washington D.C.
5 Standout Coffee Shops in Washington D.C.
4 Must-Try Coffee Shops in Orlando’s Mills 50 Neighborhood
LGBTQIA+ Food Scene in Houston
Exploring LGBTQIA+ History and Community in Houston Houston is home to the largest LGBTQIA+ community in Texas and one of the largest in the South. In fact, Houston scores fairly high on the LGBTQIA+ “friendliness scale” despite Texas being extremely conservative both politically and socially. But it wasn’t always this way, and despite recent gains in […]
TWA Hotel at JFK Airport
Transport yourself to the 1960s at the TWA Hotel in JFK Airport. Before travelers even enter the TWA Hotel, just steps from Terminal 5 of John F. Kennedy International Airport and 12 miles from Manhattan, they’re slowly transported to a time gone by. Parked in front of the hotel’s entrance, a sky-blue VW Micro Bus […]
The Best of Chicago’s Art Scene
When visiting Chicago, let the city’s art be your guide. “I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.” ―H. L. Mencken And alive it is. Be it with people, music, or sports, […]
2023 James Beard Award Winners
The 2023 James Beard Award winners have been announced. The James Beard Foundation released their 2023 Restaurant and Chef awards. To receive a James Beard nomination is an honor; to actually win is an incredible accomplishment. Our congratulations go out to all the James Beard Award winners. We were lucky enough to have Savory Traveler […]