Local Culture
Travel Bucket List
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller Everyone has a “bucket list” of things to do or places to visit. People travel to see the Eiffel
Olympics Culture
“L’important dans la vie ce n’est point le triomphe, mais le combat, l’essentiel ce n’est pas d’avoir vaincu mais de s’être bien battu. The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle,
Famous Writers on Travel: Part III
American poet and writer Maya Angelou once said: “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and
Shark Week Culture
It’s time for a confession. In addition to my passions for travel, culture, history, and journalism…lies a completely different interest. They’re known to some as ‘killing machines,’ they have scared people from entering the depths of
Remembering 9/11
It happened a year after my family and I moved to Long Valley, NJ from The Netherlands. It was early in the morning on a crisp autumn day. Other middle schoolers on the bus were
Art Inciting Conflict
“All art is political in the sense that it serves someone’s politics.” – August Wilson, The Paris Review, Winter 1999. “All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do
Universal Coping with Grief
It’s an early Tuesday morning. A few days after the horrific and daunting news of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. The 24-hour media cycle documents eyewitness accounts, and social media updates commemorate
Why I Will Always Love Radio
“In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.” – Walter Cronkite on journalism. It all started in my teens. Watching the evening news sparked a curiosity on many levels. Learning about
An Homage to Boston: Six Years
Much can happen in six years. Six years of my life were in Boston – four of which at Emerson College. People will tell you that college is an experience like no other in your
A Walk In the North Woods of Central Park
NYC is the epitome of constant movement, culture, and liveliness. While it’s great to live in a city that energizes you, everyone needs a little R&R every now and then. Nature has a very quiet