Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
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 [...]
Tags: Archangel Gabriel, armageddon, homeless, Montreal, quest, time travel
Posted in Culture — Entertainment, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Travel | No Comments »
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Remembered vacation pleasures can restore the glow of intimacy
Tags: appreciation, fun, juicy sexy feelings, play, unwind
Posted in Health & Healing, Love & Sex, Personal Growth, Travel | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: developing nation, gift, third world, Travel
Posted in Social Justice, Travel | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Tags: arthritis, Ayurveda, dosha, healing, India, Kerala, panchakarma, shirodara
Posted in Food, Health & Healing, Travel, Whole Living | 8 Comments »
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, [...]
Tags: hike, kayak, northwest, Portland, vacation
Posted in Culture — Entertainment, Food, Green Lifestyle & Sustainability, Travel | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
The newest electric vehicle snaps at the heels of the Tesla
Tags: Coda, electric vehicle, EV, Tesla
Posted in Green Lifestyle & Sustainability, Travel | No Comments »
Monday, November 5th, 2012
Author Brian Leaf shares a hilarious moment in his cross-country search for enlightenment
Tags: ADD, colitis, coming of age, enlightenment, keys to happiness, massage, yoga
Posted in Culture — Entertainment, Personal Growth, Travel, Yoga | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
A nearby escape that’s far from the TinselTown flash
Tags: getaway, mountain, Topanga, weekend
Posted in Around Town, Food, Travel | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: film, Himalayas, spiritual search, Yogi Anand
Posted in Around Town, Culture — Entertainment, Spirituality, Travel | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 30th, 2011
A new kind of supper club lets guests make themselves at home
Tags: authentic travel, pop up restaurant, rustic Italian
Posted in Food, Green Lifestyle & Sustainability, Restaurant, Travel | No Comments »