Tag: culture

June Magic in St Louis
I love the way the Internet brings people together. St Louis resident Ann Mandelstamm will be visiting my home town, La Jolla, California in a couple of weeks and pinged me a quick message with a few questions. I was happy to answer and, in the course of the exchange, she mentioned her city’s summer cultural festivals. She’s a […]

Giving Back While Traveling
Guests from Phinda Forest Lodge help to support this primary school in South Africa. What do the Dalai Lama, Michael McCarthy, and I have in common? We all believe that it’s important for travelers to show respect for other cultures. For the Dalai Lama, that recently meant eating poi in Hawaii. Last month, I was a […]