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The Grace Hotel

December 17, 2012 By Amie Longmire 2 Comments

A former wedding planner observes the sex trade in Bangkok, as well as efforts to free women and children from prostitution.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: Asia, Bangkok, Bangladesh, mother's day, mothers, Muslim men, oppression, poverty, prostitution, sex tourism, sex trade, sex work, sex work stories, sex workers, shame, slavery, social justice, Speak Up for the Poor, Thailand, trafficking, travel, Uzbekistan, Weddings

Himalayan Song

December 16, 2012 By Patrick Caneday Leave a Comment

As different as people and traditions are around the world, sometimes it’s the similarities that sneak up on us and surprise us the most.

Filed Under: Featured Content, The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: begging children, being different, Bheri River, Blue Sheep Hotel, children, Dolpo, Dunai, exotic destinations, fall festival, Halloween, Himalayan village, holidays, Kathmandu, Mongolians, namaste, Nepal, Nepali village, rituals, rustic accommodations, stranger in a strange land, strangers, tika, traditions, travel, Trick or Treat

A Single Dad’s Guide to Traveling With Kids

December 12, 2012 By Matt Lindley 2 Comments

The holiday season is the perfect time to pack up, go somewhere special, and bond with your family over fun activities. Make it memorable.

Filed Under: Families Tagged With: christmas time, christmas trip, christmas vacation, explore, Happy Holidays, holiday activities, Holiday Season, holiday travel, holiday trip, holiday vacation, holidays, single dad, single dads, single father, travel, traveling tips, traveling with children, traveling with kids, winter travel, winter trip

Happily Ever After Happens Every Day, or How I Learned to Love the Disney Sparkle

December 10, 2012 By Christopher Bundy 1 Comment

Disney’s Magic Kingdom wasn’t Christopher Bundy’s first choice destination for a family vacation.

Filed Under: Featured Content, The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: Aladdin, Cinderella Castle, Disney, Disney attractions, Disney movies, Disney princesses, disney world, European vacation, family vacation, florida, girls, Magic Kingdom, memorable moments, Munich, My Little Pony, Neuschwanstein, Orlando, Racism, Sleeping Beauty's castle, Thanksgiving, toys, travel, travel destinations, traveling with children, vacation, vacations with children, Walt Disney World

My United Kingdom for a Plunger

December 5, 2012 By Lewis Lee 4 Comments

Lewis Lee describes the difficulties he faced when trying to acquire a normal-sized plunger in the UK.

Filed Under: moustacheclubofamerica Tagged With: advice for travellers, bathroom humor, difficulty finding plunger in the UK, England, going to the bathroom in the United Kingdom, humor, Lewis Lee, life overseas, Moustache Club, plungers, travel, travelogue, United Kingdom, why are there no plungers in England?

A Perfect Test

December 4, 2012 By Michael Copperman 1 Comment

A San Francisco native travels to the Mississippi Delta for lessons on another America.

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Filed Under: Education, Featured Content, Poetry by Kids, The Good Life Tagged With: acting out, African-Americans, aggression, American South, Asian stereotypes, Asian-Americans, behavior modification, black Americans, children in poverty, children without mothers, church, college graduation rates, Confederate flag, courage, determination, determined, discovery, displays of affection, Dixie, dreams, education, educational inequality, emotional intelligence, escaping poverty, expelled, Faith, fearlessness, Georgia, Grandmothers, hard working, hugging, jackie chan, Japanese Americans, Jonathan Kozol, lessons, male teachers, Martin Luther King Jr., mastery, mentoring children, Mississippi, Mississippi delta, poetry by children, potential, poverty, public education, public school, race in america, rubrics, Savage Inequalities, school spending, segregation, sickle cell anemia, social justice, Southern culture, stereotypes of Asian Americans, stereotypes of male teachers, teachers, teaching, The Outsiders, travel, troublemakers, virtues, White Privilege

Ten Things I Love About My Wife

November 18, 2012 By Tom Matlack 22 Comments

Okay guys, here’s my list. What’s yours?

Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: civilization, home, Husband, I love my wife, italian, Italian lawyer, lawyer, love of wives, loyalty, male love, man cave, matrimony, my wife, Perkins school for the Blind, romantic love, Sex and Relationships, soul train, tenth anniversary, travel, trophy wife, wife

The Burrito and the Universe

November 16, 2012 By Atalwin Pilon 2 Comments

A world traveler tastes his first burrito, and gets his first lesson in American paranoia.

Filed Under: Food, The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: American culture, American food, burritos, coincidences, CouchSurfing, cultural differences, dating, Dutch, emotions, iphone, language, safety, San Francisco, schrodinger's rapist, social interactions, Surinam, The Good Life, travel, women, world travel

Where I Went on Vacation: 11/24

November 1, 2012 By The Good Life @ GMP 5 Comments

Where have you been?

Filed Under: Calls for Submissions, The Good Life, The Good Men Project Content Calendar Tagged With: anxieties, broadening experiences, Call for submissions, Challenges, concerns, confidence, dream vacation, escorting travelers, experience, going home, honeymoon, memories, phobias, photos, Pilgrimage, The Good Life, travel, traveling abroad, traveling with kids, trip of a lifetime, vacation stories, world travel

You’re Going to Vegas?

October 27, 2012 By Ovik Banerjee 3 Comments

Why a 22-year-old who doesn’t drink, smoke, or gamble would choose life in Sin City.

Filed Under: Doing Good, Featured Content, The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: city life, Community, Downtown Project, Eat, entertainment, foreclosure, Fremont East, gambling, historic sites, history, Investment, Las Vegas, Le Thai, moving, Nevada, night life, Recession, restaurants, Sin city, small business, Stereotypes, The Hangover, The Strip, Tony Hsieh, travel, unemployment, urban revitalization, urbanism, Venture for America, Zappos

Wei Wei’s Marble Construction Helmet

October 19, 2012 By Tim Ruane Leave a Comment

Wei Wei, China's greatest contemporary artist, is exhibiting down at the Hirsshorn Museum in Washington, D.C. I saw the exhibit other day and made videos of a couple of his works. The one here is a marble life-size sculpture of a construction helmet. After I loaded the video onto my computer, I watched it and took a picture of one of the frames. I edited this picture some, and this is what I came up with.

Filed Under: Tim Ruane Tagged With: art, dance, drawing, Food, painting, photography, poetry, street photography, travel

A Gallant in Gtown

October 18, 2012 By Tim Ruane Leave a Comment

I took this picture in Georgetown, D.C. before I went to a cocktail party.

Filed Under: Tim Ruane Tagged With: art, dance, drawing, fatherhood, Good Feed Blog, masculinity, men, mens news, painting, photography, poetry, relationships, street photography, The Good Life, travel

The Long Journey Home Has Started

October 17, 2012 By Atalwin Pilon 1 Comment

As Atalwin Pilon nears the farthest point from home, he realizes he will return to different circumstances.

Filed Under: The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: australia, challenge, change, festivals, friends, grief, healing arts, heartbreak, knowing yourself, kundalini, loneliness, Queensland, Rainbow Beach, relationships, sadness, Tannum Sands, travel, traveling alone, vacation

Dude, Where’s Your Penis?

October 14, 2012 By Greg White Leave a Comment

Greg White has a much-anticipated moment with an infamous flasher.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Gender & Sexuality, The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: 1980s, anticipation, drugs, exposure, flashers, gay life, gay men, guilt, Hilton, hotels, housekeepers, Mame, Morgan's Hotel, new york city, penis, perverts, porn, prostitution, religion, room service, service staff, sex, sexuality, The Good Life, travel, wait staff

Light Fare for the Soul

October 11, 2012 By Atalwin Pilon Leave a Comment

A world traveler asks: Can experiential junk food—like a boat ride to a beach resort—ever be spiritually nutritious?

Filed Under: Business Ethics, Travel Tagged With: acceptance, adventure, Airlie Beach, australia, backpacking, being a guest, boating, business, consumerism, creating memories, day tripping, entrepreneurism, fear of failure, finding meaning, Greed, hiking, illusion, meaning, peace, setting expectations, snorkeling, superficiality, The Good Life, tourism, tourism industry, tourist traps, travel, Traveling, TripAdvisor, Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays, world travel

The Blue Trash Can

October 11, 2012 By Tim Ruane 2 Comments

The Blue Trash Can

Filed Under: poetry, art, painting, photography, street photography, literature, Tim Ruane Tagged With: art, digital art, mens news, music, photography, poetry, theater, travel, video

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Father and Son Reunited After Oklahoma Tornado (Video)

With at least 51 people dead from the giant tornado that ripped through Oklahoma, the Wheeler family was relieved to know that their son was alive.

Death Toll in Oklahoma Tornado Reaches 51, Expected to Rise

The tornado was at least a half-mile wide and had winds up to 200 mph.

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Entire Oklahoma Town Flattened by Tornado

After the giant tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, Melissa Newton and city manager Steven Eddy talk about being in the middle of the destruction.

Church of Scotland May Begin Allowing Openly Gay Clergy

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has taken the first step toward allowing the ordination of openly gay men and women.

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Cleveland Officers Recount Finding Missing Women (Video)

Amanda Berry, a woman missing for 10 years, and two other women were rescued on May 6 by Cleveland officers; watch their emotional recounting of the rescue.

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