The Wanderlust World of Instagram
You know the drill – you open that rainbow hued, concentric square icon from your home screen and get to scrolling. Yep, I’m talking about Instagram. In what has become as automatic and routine as brushing our teeth and checking
A Whale Of A Tale
Steve O may pull some stupid stunts, but even he knows that whales and other marine mammals do not belong in tanks. Back in October of 2015 the Jackass star landed himself in LA County jail for 30 days after
Opinions Unasked For: My Thoughts On Beaches
I’d like to start this blog off with a disclaimer that I don’t have a ton of American beach experience outside of Massachusetts. So, if you are a Rhode Islander and disagree with me, I hear you. If you know
Vienna Waits For You
It should go without saying that you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet, but Vienna’s tourism board has a new campaign that makes the message clear when it comes to their city. The campaign is called Unrating Vienna,
Photo Opp In An App
How many photos of friends posing in front of Nashville’s “WhatLiftsYou” wings mural have you come across on your Insta feed in the past year? What about Acorn Street in Boston or the Bean in Chicago? The answer: too many
Vacation By Jules Verne
Fiction just became reality. Whether you’ve read the 1873 novel, or you’ve watched the iconic Jackie Chan fly away in a hot air balloon circa 2004, we’ve all familiarized ourselves with Around the World in 80 Days in one way
The Land Beyond (Or Rather, Without) Time
What would you do with 69 days of continuous sunlight? Residents of the Norwegian Island of Sommarøy, which lies just north of the arctic circle, have decided that they no longer want to subscribe to the limitations of time during the
Charlie Card No More?
Last week, New York’s MTA rolled out a new payment option for commuters that has the potential to change the future of subway cards for-ev-er. MTA began accepting Apple Pay in lieu of an MTA card, so instead of shuffling
Copenhagen Takes The Gold
It is safe to say that Lonely Planet nailed it on the head by ranking Copenhagen, Denmark the number one city to travel to in 2019. I had the opportunity to experience Copenhagen firsthand during fall of 2018 while studying abroad there for
Cross Country… Bike Trip?
One of my favorite memories while abroad was riding a bike everywhere without the fear of a car zipping by at ungodly speeds (20 mph in reality). The scenic walk is nice every now and again, but a bike is