Category Archives: Odds n’ Ends

Essential Travel Accessories You Shouldn’t Leave Home Without

Updated We’ve spent decades traveling internationally and have learned a lot of lessons, mostly the hard way. Here we offer a few of our must-have travel accessories… Digital Device Recommendations Keeping our digital necessities charged at home comes as second nature but half way around the world it’s a whole different issue. First, there isContinue reading “Essential Travel Accessories You Shouldn’t Leave Home Without”

Photographers Who Helped Change History

And A Few Favorite Photographs There is a thought experiment that goes something like this, “With an infinite number of monkeys pounding on an infinite number of typewriters. How long would take to reproduce all the world’s great books?”. The short answer is probably a little longer than it would take to type War AndContinue reading “Photographers Who Helped Change History”

Best Care Tips for Houseplants While Traveling

If you have indoor houseplants, they require care when you’re away and extended trips can take a toll on your plants. Unlike cats and dogs, there is no kennel where you can take your houseplants and pay for someone to make sure they get the light and water they need. If you have good neighbors,Continue reading “Best Care Tips for Houseplants While Traveling”

Love Locks and the Epidemic Continues

A Statement of Love Goes Viral We weren’t aware of love locks before about a decade or so ago but now as we travel we come across collections of padlocks attached to bridges, fences and other public structures everywhere. It wasn’t difficult to figure out what was going on by all the couples names engravedContinue reading “Love Locks and the Epidemic Continues”