Excerpt: The Not-So-Dolce Vita

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three months after we married, Celia and I up and moved to Italy. Six months later we returned to the States, almost broke and, somehow, still married.

An American in Brazil: Anna Elena’s Tongue

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A stormy romance taught Stephen Bloom, a reporter, the Portuguese he never learned in school.

How My Son Made Me a Criminal

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“Son,” the Customs Officer said, “tell me who this man is that you’re traveling with.”

Study of the Day: Men Are More Dependent on Social Media

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eMarketer released a recent study that examined people’s online behavior for business and travel. The results? Men are straight-up social-media slaves.

Man Takes On Arab Desert in Solar-Powered Wheelchair

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The journey is part of his efforts to raise awareness for disability and sustainability issues.

What Your TSA Agent Is Really Thinking

TSA agents opened up on the blog Flying With Fish about what’s going through their heads while they’re juggling your junk.

Ich Bin Ein McRibber

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There’s one event in my personal history so outstanding that it compels listeners to inch forward in their chairs; one coalescence of fate, discovery, and happenstance that has left choruses of “no-fuckin-way” in its glorious wake.

Dad, Not God

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You can’t control their happiness, their growth, or their mother. All you can do is love them, and be there for them.

An Update from the Dating Road

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A few weeks ago we introduced you to Kevin Richberg, a 32-year-old gay man who was preparing to embark on a cross-country dating voyage in search of his soul mate. We caught up with Kevin recently and asked for an update. The boy has been busy!

Traveling With Jim Crow

If you’ve traveled, then you know the value of a good guidebook. (If you haven’t traveled, then you need to take our word for it. And then you need to start traveling. Life is short.) Books like Lonely Planet and Frommer’s point us toward the sweeping vistas, historic churches, and party hubs from Copenhagen to the [...]

30 Dates. 30 Days. 30 Cities.

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Kevin Richberg, a 32-year-old gay man (and good man) from Boston, is looking for the love of his life. He’s picked an unusual way to find him.