Exercising outdoors in the midst of a congested city is a joyless function. I deeply love almost all aspects of throbbing city life, but exercising on crowded sidewalks directly next to four lanes packed with cars spewing forth chemicals is one activity I would like to never again undertake. Greater than my love of cities [...]

We travel to experience newness, and we vacation to relax. Unfortunately, escaping to different environs for many people also means eating everything that exists and moving at a pace reminiscent of a sloth. Possibly, just possibly, this is a tiny part of the reason why so many people gain weight while on vacation. Possibly. I [...]

New England beaches become lonely during the nine months of the year that people forget about them, I think. On the few isolated summer days when the weather is actually warm and the sun surprisingly visible, people desperate for what wintertime left behind travel from near and far, jamming highways and bottlenecking back roads, in [...]