I get in line behind construction workers and a few men in suits. My mom and I are the only women around, with the exception of a Fox News anchor getting ready for her moment in the sun. As luck would have it, in one of the biggest cities in the world, we stumble upon a schnitzel food truck, Schnitzel and Things. Having heard about this New York City staple food truck, perhaps only in my dreams, it all seems meant to be to stop for an early lunch. My mom and I sit on the steps of a bank building, along with our fellow diners of businessmen and those in construction. Gorging on my schnitzel Continue Reading
Turning the page at New York’s Library Hotel
Full Disclosure: I received a complimentary night at the Library Hotel. These are my opinions about my experience. Your opinions my vary. The libraries at my elementary school, high school and college were anything but inspirational. Going to any one of the three meant a paper of great length where a dozen sources from actual books were required. I spent much of my senior semester of college on the spooky third floor of my college’s library, figuring out how to use microfilm and read through every book on the Sicilian mafia in the state of California for my thesis. And while the space Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of October 31, 2011
On Halloween, I bring you this week’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. In case you are new to this site, each week I ask writers and readers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week. I read each submission, comment on the piece, tweet the article on Twitter, stumble the post using Stumbleupon and place a link to the submission on my Facebook page. The following week I select my five favorites to be featured here and the stumbling begins again into the next week. Just a few things to keep in mind, please only submit one post per person each week. Your article should be travel related. Continue Reading
Savannah, Georgia Wishes You Were Here
Spanish moss drapes over live oak trees in the creepiest of fashions. I could only be in one city, supposedly America’s most haunted, depending on whom you ask. Savannah, Georgia regales in the thought of being both beautiful and exceedingly spooky. Laid out on a series of grids, disrupted by over 20 public squares, driving up and down Savannah is enough to make you go mad. As I hit one square after the other, the roundabouts grow tiresome. Like being trapped in a maze, you can’t escape Savannah by design. The reason for its spooky nature does not just come in the way in which the Continue Reading
Charmed by Charleston, South Carolina
A woman weaves a sweetgrass basket for the tourists in Charleston, baskets that have been made for nearly 400 years in this area. Originally used to collect rice and cotton in the plantation fields, the baskets today come in all shapes, designs and price points. Charleston is a city of traditions, from the architecture to the food. From the minute I first met Charleston's streets, I was charmed by this southern city. Unlike any other in the United States, Charleston knows its past and isn’t afraid to show it in every way, shape or form. Perhaps that is why you seldom hear a bad thing about Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of October 24, 2011
As an impeding snowstorm approaches Denver, I bring you this week’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. In case you are new to this site, each week I ask writers and readers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week. I read each submission, comment, tweet the article on Twitter, stumble the piece on Stumbleupon and post a link to the article on my Facebook page. The following week I select my five favorite submissions to featured here and the stumbling begins into the next week. Just a few things to keep in mind, please only submit one post per person each week. Leave a link to your Continue Reading
Andersonville, Georgia Wishes You Were Here
The railroad barricades come down, signaling an impending train is coming. One car makes the death-defying leap from one side to the other. Once the train clears and I am free to move on, I continue on the lonely stretch to Andersonville, Georgia. Andersonville is home to the National Prisoner of War Museum and the Andersonville National Cemetery and Prison Site. This simple stretch of land is evidence of the horrors of the American Civil War. A visit here begins through the museum, serving as a memorial to all American prisoners of war. The concept of humane treatment of prisoners of wars Continue Reading