Are You Listening To Your Inner Voice?
Over 20 years ago my mother and I sold nearly everything we had, piled the rest of it into the hatchback of my car and with my infant daughter in the back seat drove from the East Coast towards the West. We had the city of Bakersfield in mind. Bakersfield was my call. My mother [...]
Leaving the US and Leaving Everything Behind
It would be easy to blame Tim Ferriss and his book The Four Hour Work Week for planting the seeds of my desire to leave the US. His writings on mini retirements, where people not of traditional retirement age head off to live months or years in exciting new places before returning back home, could [...]
Will the Real People Who Have Had a TSA Pat Down Please Stand Up?
I’m disappointed that I didn’t get to opt out of the body scan and request a pat down. It just didn’t happen. When I traveled to Nassau 10 days ago, neither was an option. Odd because when I traveled to New Orleans a week before that from the same airport, the body scan machine was [...]
How to Get a Passport- NOT!
My road to getting a passport started off innocently enough. A perfect opportunity to enjoy time away, see family, and perhaps save some money came up suddenly and couldn’t be passed up. We are fortunate that my wife’s aunt owns a beachfront property in Nassau that she rents out weekly through Homeaway.com (link) She was [...]
The Season of The Travel Bug
It’s all my wife’s fault and she probably doesn’t even know it. She is the reason for this season of my life. My season of the travel bug. My season of intense wanderlust. My four hour work week realized, so that I can spend the rest of my hours pining for the road. About 4 [...]
Fear of Flying-Uncheck
Traveling to New Orleans alone was an act out of my comfort zone-my personal four hour work week comfort challenge. I have my fears. One is of flying. It was time to uncheck that box. It’s funny, but fear is fear. So many people fly alone daily, but I never have. I think that flying [...]
Romance, Culture, and Food in Charleston SC
Travel and Leisure Magazine recently named Charleston the second most romantic city in America behind Honolulu and in front of classic cities like San Francisco and New York. That would seem to be a pressure position to be in. Is it a romantic city? With its palm tree lined streets, shopping districts, and peaceful park-lined [...]
When the Cows and Chickens Come Home to Roost
Take something that is living, full of blood, waste, and fluids. Kill it. Let it linger. Wrap it up and sell it. Then cook it and eat it. Yeah. That really didnt seem like it might be very good for me for very long. I admit, I havent always thought this deeply about the food [...]
Going Clothing Optional In Palm Springs
Video of the Palm Springs California Adventure! A few months ago I started thinking seriously about a nudist experience. I was sitting on the sands of South Beach in Miami observing all the women who were sunning topless while being sexualized by many on the beach. Then two young girls walked past me. They were [...]
Palm Springs Adventure Begins…
Twenty one years ago, my mother, my infant daughter, and I arrived in Palm Springs Ca. for the first time. We had completed an incredible cross-country journey, with little plans other than to start a new life in California. Incredibly, my mother had entrusted me with the decision as to what city we would settle [...]
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