Many of our readers have responded to Daisann McLane’s latest column in our September issue, “The Lies We Tell,” in which she discusses posing as a jewelry designer when visiting a gem dealer in Jaipur, India, and other instances when she’s twisted the truth while traveling. An excerpt: …when I travel, I’ll improvise extravagant new [...]
Today marks the start of the annual Oglala Lakota Nation Pow Wow, one of the nation’s largest powwows, and it will be held on the Pine Ridge Reservation outside Badlands National Park in South Dakota through August 8. Last year, photographers Andrew Owen and Ross McDermott visited the Pow Wow as part of their year-long [...]
Nick Fitzhugh and Pete Muller are in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, working on a documentary series about the cultural significance of soccer in the country. They’re blogging about their experiences for us here at Intelligent Travel. Previously, Muller shared his attempt to try a South African natural remedy. See Fitzhugh’s first post here. Talk [...]
Traveler intern Daniel Bortz stops by Spike Mendelsohn’s new restaurant We, the Pizza, sampling slices of spinach and artichoke pie and sipping cups of homemade Italian soda. Wooden trays of wild mushroom pizza glide through the thick crowd that’s assembled at 305 Pennsylvania Avenue. It’s Wednesday night and a red carpet stretches from the front [...]
Last year, Rainer Jenss traveled around the world with his wife and two sons, and blogged about his experience here on Intelligent Travel. Now he’s writing a column that focuses on traveling with kids. A recent one-week trip to Brazil marked the first time I’ve been overseas without my family since returning from our yearlong [...]
