Americas
Ignorantly Traveling Around Chicago. 9 Things to Do
I have been in Chicago numerous times through the years, all on the job — and always try to ignorantly plow forth and explore the town when work is done. I spent one week in […]
Articles by paperbacklou
Americas
Returning to Cocoa Beach, Florida & Kennedy Space Center
I spent a week at Cocoa Beach, Florida and worked at the Kennedy Space Center back in March, 2000 — and recently returned. This article gives you a latest view of the area and what […]
Where to Eat
Where to Eat in NYC — By Someone Who Was BORN There
Having lived in NYC my whole life — born in Brooklyn and lived either there or in Staten Island with frequent trips to Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx — one would think I would have […]
Europe
Madrid, Spain & the Mountain Village of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
The mountain village of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, just north of Madrid, Spain, was perhaps the place where I have most ignorantly traveled to — even as a self-professed Ignorant Traveler. Working for a […]
Americas
Take Me Home, Country Roads — to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia
Take me home, country roads, to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia — a charming, old Civil War town settled on the steep hill overlooking the spot where the Shenandoah River breaks off from the Potomac River […]
Americas
Stinson Beach & Highway 1 — Paradise. Just North of San Francisco, California
One of the most spectacular drives you can ever take, and quaintest place to visit — is the drive on old Highway 1 on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge, through the Muir […]
On the Road
Great Road Trips: The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway was the first highway to cross the United States. Created in 1913, it started in Times Square, and ended in Lincoln Park, San Francisco, California. Driving what used to be the Lincoln […]
Americas
Coronavirus Travel Between NY & DC on Amtrak – March 9-12, 2020 (& Catching It?)
In one week — from the last week of February to the first week of March, 2020 — the nation went from Coronavirus being a thing to ‘watch out for’ if you were in your […]
Asia & Australia
Great Wall of China
My second trip to China found me in Beijing, not nearly as scary and inspiring a city as Shanghai, which had me thinking I was visiting the Death Star in Star Wars – Beijing was […]
Asia & Australia
Bangkok — Rising Jewel of Southeast Asia
Bangkok is one of the jewels of rising Southeast Asia; a burgeoning major world city that already boasts over 8 million people with maybe 15 million estimated in the metropolitan area, if you count uncounted […]