Since the early 70’s I have been going to Las Vegas on an average of at least once a year.  And in all those years I have never once gone to Las Vegas to go to Las Vegas.
In the early years I went to Las Vegas to go to the Grand Canyon.  Later on  I [...]

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By Patty Chang Anker
Did you miss the show?  The Trip of a Lifetime starts here:  http://upside-down-patty.blogspot.com/2010/11/ticket-to-ride.html

I interrupt Patty Chang Anker’s account of her trip to Costa Rica to ask you for some feedback about the email that we send to guests at the end of their trip.
At the very end of this post there is a personal comment and a neat video clip.
We revisited this email recently to add the [...]

By Patty Chang Anker

And then, as abruptly as it began, it is time to leave the rainforest.
Packing, I come across my blackberry, which has been off for the week.  Ever since I read in the book “How Not to Act Old” that only old people wear watches, I stopped wearing a watch.  For a week, [...]