A travel writer’s new world and a new food app

Editor’s note: In the travel world the shift from print to the web and to apps is palpable. Here is a personal note on Jules Older’s travels along that path. He has shifted from an editor-in-chief to making travel videos and launching his first iPhone app....

Gal pals do Bermuda

My firsts are clenched. My nose is itching, but I dare not scratch it. One wiggle of a finger and I fear Ely or Lily might misinterpret the gesture and move in for a kiss and I’m in no mood for romantic overtures, especially from a couple of 300-pound bottlenose...

Look north, America

Originally published on YourLifeIsATrip.com back in September, but insightful as we watch the Winter Olympics taking place in Canada, our neighbor to the north. A few days ago, my husband Paul and I took a water taxi to Norris Point, in Newfoundland, and tried to get...

The way it was for flight attendants of yore

A series of articles in which yet another pathetic cranky aging boomer tries to convince the world that things used to be better. The recent record breaking snows both in the Mid-Atlantic states and in such unlikely places as Texas and Georgia stirred some memories of...

Road warriors, this is why we fly

We business travelers miss things at home. Because of our jobs, we have all missed plays, recitals, concerts, etc. I already missed a pair of basketball games this year. I have already had a busy year with work. It is only early February, but I have spent three weeks...