I mentioned Elisa Parhad’s genius new guidebook idea a little while back, but now the book — New Mexico: A Guide for the Eyes — is finally out and for full-on sale. It’s as savvy and beautiful as I’d expected. Love the turquoise-blue endpapers! The premise: You’re driving around New Mexico and you notice there [...]
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Last line: Of course I love this guy! Pyramids–go if you care about your life list. Otherwise, I can tell you they look just like in the postcards, but bigger. Unfortunately I can’t state it quite so plainly when I write a guidebook. If I could write a guidebook purely to my specs, it would [...]
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On our Spain hiking trip, Peter and I swilled tinto de verano at every opportunity. It is the perfect wine-y refresher when it’s hot. (Beverly and I drank a lot of it on our earlier trip too, even though it wasn’t quite verano in April.) For years, I thought tinto de verano was just red [...]
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I don’t read World Hum quite enough–there’s always some good take on travel there. The most recent good thing is this essay by Sophia Dembling, Confessions of an Introverted Traveler. So true, sister! I struggle with the extroversion/introversion thing all the time. I love the idea of throwing parties (and getting all ready for them), [...]
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