May 2005

Self-Promotion

by zora on May 31, 2005

If anyone wants to know my official stance on travel writing (as well as where to get all dreamy with your sweetheart in Cancun), here’s a little interview I did with a congenial travel writer named Norm Goldman to promote my new book, Cancun & Cozumel Directions. As an incentive to read, there’s a small [...]

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Late Night at the Schadenfreude Cafe

by zora on May 31, 2005

Last night, from off in the hallway, Peter says, “Hmm, that duck isn’t making me feel so good.” A couple of hours earlier we’d had a dinner of leftover pad thai, which we’d made the night before, and some leftover duck salad from a restaurant, from Friday night. Both things we’d eaten before, to no [...]

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Photos You Won’t See in the Book

by zora on May 29, 2005

For now, there are only three, but they represent the less tourist-friendly, seamier side of north-central New Mexico quite well. First, we have a scene that could have been taken straight from my middle-school years (in NM, it’s mid school, not junior high, for some reason). I was never one of the bad kids who [...]

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A Public Dis

by zora on May 27, 2005

This is a little petty, but what are blogs for if not petty venting? One day in Albuquerque, I encountered several shockingly inhospitable bed-and-breakfast owners, and it put me in a very bad mood. The worst of the lot was Adobe Garden B&B in Los Ranchos. Now this looks like a nice enough place–it’s recommended [...]

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