pen4hire on March 12th, 2010

Destination: Provençe, France
Movie: The Grocer’s Son (Les Fils de l’epicier)(2008)
Some time ago, a reader recommended this movie, and it finally made it to the top of my Netflix list.  Thank you, whoever you were–stand up and take a bow for introducing The Grocer’s Son.
When I thought about why I enjoyed this movie, it became [...]

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pen4hire on March 2nd, 2010

As I was writing this post, the 2010 Bloggie awards were being announced.  A beautiful, and always interesting read, Camels and Chocolate won in the Travel Blog category.
The overall winner also won best writing and best design. Needless to say, The Pioneer Woman is a worthwhile stop on your daily blog tour. Congratulations to all [...]

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pen4hire on February 23rd, 2010

Travel Tuesday
Destination: Stockholm, Sweden, The Vasa Museum

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pen4hire on February 18th, 2010

Book:Tell My Horse, by Zora Neale Hurston, in Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, & Other Writings, part of the Library of America series, Literary Classics of the United States.

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pen4hire on February 16th, 2010

Although this is only Tuesday, and we don’t make another Great American Road Trip stop until tomorrow, I can’t stop thinking about road trips. Much as I hate to admit it, people looking for a good read about road trips can go somewhere other than A Traveler’s Library. So in all fairness, here are four [...]

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pen4hire on February 5th, 2010

Today: An adventurous travel photographer, his young daughter–already a travel veteran, a project to spread cultural understanding that needs YOUR help, and three great travel literature suggestions.

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pen4hire on February 2nd, 2010

Travel Tuesday: NYC

Destination: Manhattan
Hotel: The Warwick
William Randolph Hearst, the Donald Trump of his day, made money in the early twentieth century as a media king and a property developer. He collected glamorous friends and stirred up equal parts of envy and admiration.

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pen4hire on February 1st, 2010

No Report for January
Because of unusual traffic and numbers of comments due to the contest, I will not be counting the number of comments in January. Sorry, but I could not think of a way to make that fair to those who were leaving comments on posts rather than just entering the contest.
Likewise, popular posts [...]

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pen4hire on January 29th, 2010

Its OVER…All OVER.  FINI. COMPLETE. WINNERS ANNOUNCED SOON SO STAY TUNED.
The Final Prize in the Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway: A Travel Tote with a World Traveler Pedigree.
This Yak Pak Tote will carry all those books you have been buying (or winning) and your maps for the Great American Road Trip.

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