Category Archive: Armchair Travel

Book Review: Travel As A Political Act by Rick Steves

A review of the book Travel As A Political Act by Rick Steves.

Book Review: The Aleutian Islands of Alaska–Living On The Edge by Kenneth F Wilson

A review of the book The Aleutian Islands of Alaska Living On The Edge by Kenneth F Wilson with Jeff Richardson.

Armchair Travel: Food Lover's Paris and Colorful India

An Armchair Travel book review of two titles– Kate Whiteman’s Food Lover’s Guide To The Gourmet Secrets of Paris and Eric Meola’s India In Word And Image.

Armchair Travel From the I's: India and Ireland

I just love big, beautiful books.    Ron teases me sometimes about bringing home books by the pound but I am often unable to resist truly, stunningly gorgeous big books like INDIA by Abraham… Read More

Where To Take Tea

A newly updated 2008 trade paperback of Susan Cohen’s Where To Take Tea caught my eye last week. This slim volume begins with a fairly brief history of tea then lists the author’s… Read More

Oh my, where did the week get away from me?

Yikes.   How did I manage to let a whole week pass without doing a single blog post?   It’s certainly not that I didn’t read any noteworthy books this past week.   But somehow or… Read More

Bubbly Baked Road Trip Dream

I have to say right off, going in, that I really wanted to like Clifford A Wright’s Bake Until Bubbly– The Ultimate Casserole Cookbook.   But Wright in several ways made that very hard… Read More

The Space Tourist's Handbook

Pack your bags and get ready for the ride of your life.  The Space Tourist’s Handbook  tells you all you need to know about vacationing in space.  Written by Eric Anderson, CEO of… Read More

Relentless Enemies Getting Stoned (in the) Eco Nest

I have to confess, right off, that there is no theme, no connection no rhyme or reason behind today’s book selections.   These are five that just caught my eye and found their way… Read More

What Willy Would Read

I am Way over due to give some link love to Claire. I has noticed that her simple but very clever cartoons reminded me of Eric Carle’s work and had intended to dedicate… Read More

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