**In honor of the beginning of the ski season, and the fact that we just returned from our first jaunt to Tahoe for the winter, SVV stopped by to recap one snowy weekend we had in Mammoth Mountain last January. The day began at the airport alongside a sexy little civilian jet that unfortunately, wasn’t [...]
A Fish’s World Through a Fish Eye Lens
October 6, 2010 By 11 Comments
The biggest adrenaline rush I’ve had came when riding the dive boat out to Sipadan in Borneo. Schools of hammerhead in all their species lay beneath. Whirling tornadoes of barracuda were down there. Leviathan herself dwells beneath the Celebes Sea! Everything I’d read beforehand about diving at this particular spot led me to believe that [...]
Exploring the Caribbean’s “Friendly Island”
August 23, 2010 By 5 Comments
Today’s guest post comes courtesy of one of my favorite commenters, Orion, whose mom unknowingly dubbed this glaring pink site “Camel Cupcakes.” (It’s partially for him that I have a new gender-friendly banner and theme that will go live in the next month!) Orion has a riveting life working in the oil industry up in [...]
Eat, Pray, Love and Be Cautious: Travel Tips from Roadworthy Women
August 12, 2010 By 13 Comments
This is a guest post from Bruce Northam, in response to the opening of the much-anticipated film Eat Pray Love tomorrow, Aug. 13. ***** The book Eat Pray Love issued no travel warnings; nor does the movie. However, somebody needs to remind women traveling alone that Halloween-night-style caution is always necessary. I’m the only guy [...]
Discovering a Medieval Castle in France
July 26, 2010 By 11 Comments
Around the time many of you confessed you’d like to see, hear and read other travelers’ voices around here, American-in-Paris Danee Gilmartin dropped me a note offering to guest blog on C&C. As luck would have it, I was leaving just days later for Tassie and could really use the help. I checked out some [...]
Anchors Away: Discovering Ghana, Part II
June 16, 2010 By 6 Comments
My sister Kari recently wrapped up a four-month, round-the-world trip via UVA’s Semester at Sea program. She will be stopping by here periodically throughout the next few months to regale you with tales from her ports. This account follows Part I, which you can read here. ***** Our second day in Ghana is a little [...]
Photo Friday: Mojave Desert, California
June 11, 2010 By 27 Comments
Putting aside the shattered wrist and accompanying titanium plate, this trip was epic. Blustery temperatures, nary a soul on the trails and vistas that surely inspired many a spaghetti Western. Once again the crew assembled for a long four-day weekend in California’s southern deserts. We do this every year but quite often schedules do not [...]
Anchors Away: Discovering Ghana, Part I
June 9, 2010 By 7 Comments
My sister Kari recently wrapped up a four-month, round-the-world trip via UVA’s Semester at Sea program. She will be stopping by here periodically throughout the next few months to regale you with tales from the ports. If you want to know anything specific about the trip, leave your questions in the comments, and she’ll answer [...]
Anchors Away: Eye to Eye with Jaws
April 12, 2010 By 24 Comments
This is one topic you likely thought you’d NEVER see on my site, given all the times I’ve talked about my biggest foe. Luckily, I have acquaintances even braver than I to make up for my lack of courage in some arenas. This guest blog is courtesy of Richard Luck, my sister Kari’s boyfriend whom [...]
Anchors Away: The Big 5-0
February 16, 2010 By 28 Comments
My sister has agreed (albeit begrudgingly) to stop by occasionally and blog her trip around the world via the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program. Unfortunately, Internet time on the ship is minimal, so this is the first chance she’s had to write something up about her four weeks and one day on the [...]
