I had a master plan to travel hack a summer vacation to Japan. Apply for an Alaska Airlines credit card, spend $3,000 and get a signup bonus of 75,000 miles, …
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Like many of my fellow Afro-Americans, I have a complex relationship with water. Good water: Soaking in a hot bath while drinking Harlequin Orange Liqueur and streaming a sexy foreign thriller. Bad water: …
Our spring break usually means traveling to whatever city in Florida is cheaply accessible by America’s two most ratchet airlines, Spirit and Frontier. This year we changed things up with …
What’s There To Do In Hartford, Connecticut? Drive Five Hours To (Le Plateau) Montreal
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonI am a discount traveler in search of a trip. Breeze Airways is a newish airline started by JetBlue’s cofounder. It’s a step up from Spirit or Frontier. Seats recline, …
Two Weeks In Basque Country (And Bordeaux) With Our Mostly Likable Kids
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonWe originally planned to visit Madrid or Barcelona this summer, but I knew the extreme heat would reduce parental patience and deactivate my Mixed Chicks leave-in conditioner invigorated curls. So …
No offense to four percent of my ancestry, but Ireland was not in our travel plans. However, we live in Ohio. Options for direct flights to Europe are limited; three …
Four words I’m surprised to say: The ballet was lit! After getting free tickets from a neighbor-friend, we saw the final night of BalletMet’s Swan Lake at the Ohio Theater …
A (Partial) Family Trip To Watch The Cleveland Cavaliers Stomp The New York Knicks
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonThe family and I (minus Amber and the runt) made a quick trip to Cleveland to watch our Cavaliers obliterate the New York Knicks. We were hoping to make it …
Last year’s holiday vacation was to an unseasonably warm Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Great trip; we saw dolphins, played football on the beach, and returned home with just mild covid …
Amber and I went to Chicago in June to see Coldplay, and our “neglected” kids were like, “Take us! You said we would all go to Chicago!” Two months later, …
In 2017, I moved my family from San Diego, California to Pickerington, Ohio, a ho-hum city outside of Columbus where deer will eat your shrubs and shit in your yard. …
We started the 10-hour drive to Carolina Beach late Christmas morning, a couple of hours after the boys opened their latest brain-draining device. Unlike our other winter trips, this wasn’t …
I said months ago “Give me all the vaccines!” Either God reads this blog (very few humans do), or I spoke it into existence, but I’ve since received two Moderna …
Sledding Is Family Fun, Much More So If The Kids Crash While You Get To Relax
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonHere’s video from our recent sledding trip to Simsbury Park Disk Golf Course in good ol’ Pickerington, Ohio. Well, “trip” is too strong a word since it’s just down the …
One of the great American traditions is road tripping during a pandemic to view fall foliage and consume legal marijuana. We did just that with a recent 24-hour stay in …
Hey! Anyone up for travel and communicable disease! Amber and I took our first mini-vacation since the Covid-19 pandemic began, a road trip to Pittsburgh in celebration of her 40th …
My wife and I celebrated five surprisingly easy years of marriage (at least on my end) with a one-night trip to St. Petersburg, Florida. Upon landing we rushed over to …
24 Hours In Nashville, Without A Care For Hot Chicken Or Country Music
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonI recently spent 24 hours in Nashville with the goal of avoiding country music and culturally-appropriated hot chicken. My first stop was Frist Art Museum. It was hosting a Frida …
No disrespect to my So Cal friends, and definitely not to guys who wear red or blue and pose for pictures while making arthritic hand signs, but what I find …
Work has led to me various Midwestern cities that few would visit unless they were being paid to. That’s not to mean they’re unremarkable places. It’s just that no one …
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