Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

Book: Gabriel’s Mountain

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

By Mickael Taddeo

This fast-paced sci-fi/spiritual novel retells the Armageddon tale of Archangel Gabriel, now in the character of a brilliant and tortured Montreal homeless man on the run from the CIA in a different era. Clearly, you haven’t heard this perspective on the story before.
The story is set in a future in which military training [...]

How to Bring Vacation-Sex Home

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Remembered vacation pleasures can restore the glow of intimacy

Make Space in Your Luggage for Gifts

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Needy destinations value pencils and soccer balls more than candy and coins
By Teresa Bergen
Well-meaning travelers have long doled out coins, candy and pens to economically challenged local kids in foreign countries. When faced with a population that may lack electricity, clean water or other 21st century basics, it’s natural to want to give something. But [...]

Tough Love, Ayurveda Style

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Health tourism in India offers hope for a truly healing vacation

By Gini Sikes
India is widely acknowledged as a country of contradictions, something I recently experienced first hand. On a doctor-ordered, no-milk diet, I found myself awash in dairy one steamy afternoon, as two giggling young women resplendent in saris poured rose-tinted milk over my near [...]

Falling in Love with Portland

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Fresh energy, great outdoor access and sunny summers

By Teresa Bergen
Portland is one of those cities visitors fall in love with and immediately start packing to move, with or without a job in sight. Artists, musicians, bike culture enthusiasts, yoga teachers, writers and idealists all are magnetized by the Rose City. When they can’t find work, [...]

Gas Relief Calls for an EV

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

The newest electric vehicle snaps at the heels of the Tesla

Misadventures of a Garden State Yogi

Monday, November 5th, 2012

Author Brian Leaf shares a hilarious moment in his cross-country search for enlightenment

Topanga — Close to Home, Yet a World Away

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

A nearby escape that’s far from the TinselTown flash

Film: The Highest Pass

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Directed by Jon Fitzgerald
The path to deeper self-understanding and spiritual fulfillment can take many forms. So why not on a white-knuckle motorcycle trip at an elevation of 18,000 feet?
The Highest Pass follows the journey of seven people, each on his own spiritual quest. Their guide—a 27-year-old bike-riding, iPhone-wielding yogi named Anand Mehrotra, whose astrological chart [...]

Dining Out—But In

Friday, December 30th, 2011

A new kind of supper club lets guests make themselves at home