The best travel moments happen through serendipity. And serendipity isn’t dumb luck. You can make it happen. Click here to read the article.
BOOK EVENTS
Come see me and get your signed copy of Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious.
NEW YORK CITY: Weds., Jan. 16, The Harvard Club (private event).
NAPLES, FL: Thurs, Jan 17, Barnes & Noble at Waterside Shops, 7 p.m. More info here.
DELRAY BEACH, FL: Friday, Jan. 18, Murder on the Beach, “The Secrets of Publishing” (with Susan Shapiro and Dr. Diana Kirchner), 7 p.m. More info here.
CORAL GABLES, FL: Sat., Jan 19, “The Secrets of Getting Published” (with author Susan Shapiro), Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave.), 5 p.m. More info here.
NEW YORK CITY: Sat., Jan. 26 – Sun., Jan. 27, New York Times Travel Show, Jacob Javits Center. More info here.
SAN FRANCISCO: Wed., Jan. 30, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., with Matador Network founder and CEO, Ross Borden. More info here.
YOU MISSED:
BROOKLYN: Thurs., Nov 15, 7 p.m.; Park Slope Barnes and Noble (267 Seventh Ave.), in conversation with New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Monica Drake. More info here.
WASHINGTON, DC: Sunday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m.; Solid State Books (600 H Street NE), in conversation with Jamal Simmons of The Hill. More info here.
STAMFORD, CT: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 6:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Stamford Town Center, with Susan Shapiro and the Connecticut Press Club. More info here.
BOSTON: Monday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m.; Trident Booksellers and Café (338 Newbury Street), in conversation with Boston Globe travel columnist Chris Muther. More info here.
AARP: 8 Cheap Things to Do in New York City
The AARP travel editor asked me to come up with activities (and meals) under $15. Recommendations go for young, not-so-young, and family groups alike.
New York Times Travel: Don’t Let TripAdvisor Kill Adventure
Right now millions of Americans are traipsing around the world creating the stories they’ll be telling captivated dinner guests and captive grandchildren for decades to come.
But as user reviews are added by the millions, social media becomes a substitute for live interaction and cheap international data tames a once-wild world into digital submission, the good travel yarn is in decline. Greater access to information means fewer impromptu decisions and fewer surprises. [Click headline to read full story.]
New York Times Travel: Once Colombia’s ‘Deadliest City,’ Buenaventura Is Coming Back
Love and tradition are key ingredients in the food — and drink and music — of Colombia’s rainy Pacific Coast region. This port city of 400,000 is at the center of it all. [Click headline to read full article.]
The Frugal Five: Contributors to the NYT Travel Column
I wrote my first Travel piece for the Times in 2004 and soon ended up with a column called Weekend in New York; I was the travel writer who didn’t travel. I moved to Brazil in 2008, and it was two years into my stint as a freelance foreign correspondent that Stuart Emmrich, the Travel editor, called me up.
In Verona, Pizza That Is All About the Crust
Saporè DownTown is an intriguingly experimental contemporary pizzeria that is easy to miss — but make sure you don’t.
Todo Seu Interview with Seth Kugel from Amigo Gringo
Ronnie Von receives the “gringo friend”: the American journalist Seth Kugel. In Brazil, he became known for his videos of tips on English for Brazilians.
“Amigo Gringo” reveals how to identify Brazilians in the US
In an interview with the Morning Show on Seth Kugel speaks about the distinctions between Brazil and the United States.
36 Hours in São Paulo
Chaotically refined, verdantly concrete, intimately gargantuan: The most populous metropolis in South America was but a middling coffee city until the mid-20th century, when an influx of northeastern migrants set off a growth spurt that shows no sign of stopping.