Last spring, when deciding where to vacation, I lobbied hard for a road trip. My girlfriend, however, wasn’t having it. She wanted to visit Boston, where she’d gone to college and, in many ways, remained mentally stuck. Boston this. Boston that. I had little interest in the city, but to keep things simple I agreed. I hadn’t traveled much in nearly a decade. A day trip here, a weekend there is all. So the prospect of spending a week in Bean Town was palatable on those grounds alone.
Boston, it turns out, was just how I imagined, a city… Continue Reading Yearly Archives: 2010
Longing for the Road to Nowhere
Last spring, when deciding where to vacation, I lobbied hard for a road trip. My girlfriend, however, wasn’t having it. She wanted to visit Boston, where she’d gone to college and, in many ways, remained mentally stuck. Boston this. Boston that. I had little interest in the city, but to keep things simple I agreed. I hadn’t traveled much in nearly a decade. A day trip here, a weekend there is all. So the prospect of spending a week in Bean Town was palatable on those grounds alone.
Boston, it turns out, was just how I imagined, a city… Continue Reading Sunday 7: Great Driving Jams
Music is an essential part of any road trip. It’s hard imagine anyone clocking thousands of miles without at least once cranking the volume and singing along at the top of their lungs. With nearly 7,000 songs on my iPod, compiling the perfect road trip playlist is impossible. However, the seven following songs are ones that have surfaced again and again over the years – on mix tapes and CDs – some of which I rocked on my earliest excursions across America. Have more suggestions? You can post your favorite driving jams in the comments box below.
Chuck Berry: No… Continue Reading
Comp Time with Davin Jael
As a little girl, Davin Jael couldn’t wait to grow up so she could trade the tedium of rural Maine for the excitement and wonder of everywhere else. Not unhappy, but restless, Davin left home at 18, bouncing from town to town across America. She landed eventually in sunny California, until Mother Nature sent her packing. She’s been on the move ever since.
“I like everything to be temporary and fluid,” explains Davin, now 27. “That feeling like I wake up on a moving island rather than being stationary, I can’t see myself ever getting tired of it.”
Now,… Continue Reading 
The Illadelph State of Mind