It started out tasting like very strong blue cheese, but the flavor quickly went from pungent to spicy and then seemed to coat my tongue and the inside of my mouth like peanut butter.
Twenty-seven years ago, when I was managing editor of a publication called Travel Smart, I was invited with a few other writers on the first flight of Branson's new airline, Virgin Atlantic, flying from England to Newark.
When I go to Uganda I am fortunate enough not to travel as a tourist...
If you're a Viognier lover like me, you want to get to Virginia wine country as soon as possible or seek out some pretty amazing bottles.
So the country, where an estimated 634,000 survivors of the quake still live in makeshift settlements in and around the capital, remains without a government.
You'll leave this mountain hamlet feeling refreshed and looking a little leaner and younger.
After having the church door shut in our face and we stood there for thirty minutes. The line built up and the women behind the door cried, disrobed and rubbed dirt all over themselves.
The tour included the drug overdose sites of Janis Joplin, John Belushi, Michael Jackson and River Phoenix.
Living out of a backpack for a year really does change you. It changed me: I'm a born-again minimalist.
With the publishing of this NY Times story, the whole review process has been thrown into doubt. What's real and what's not?
Summertime for me is about family, friends, relaxation and renewal and for me that means retreating back to Europe when my schedule allows it. This summer I spent 6 weeks traveling throughout Europe and have had some amazing adventures.
The Trobriands were made famous by Polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski, who studied them during World War I and wrote a classic monograph about the precocious sexuality of the islanders, The Sexual Life of Savages.
This summer, with all of HuffPost's new launches and international expansions, I've had no time for a "traditional" vacation. My travel-less vacation has been a lovely reminder that when it comes to travel, the journey to knowledge and adventure need not be long. READ MORE
WIE 2011: Connecting With the Next Generation of Women Leaders: This year's WIE Symposium (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise) promises to be even better than last year's, with an amazing lineup of speakers, honorees, and participants all sharing our ideas, our experiences, and our desire to help make life better for women around the world. READ MORE
The MLK Monument: A Reminder of Dreams Yet Unfulfilled: The opening of the Martin Luther King, Jr. monument couldn't come at a more opportune time. Hopefully it will refocus our attention on the principles he stood for, inspiring all Americans to tap into the better angels he was guided by. READ MORE
I could've just taken the train, but on a whim, and packing my sense of adventure, I was going from D.C. to New York by taxi cab.
What is the psychology of pre-travel angst? Separation anxiety? Obsessive compulsive disorder? Catastrophizing?
As I stood among strangers with death before my eyes and a grave that felt suffocating from above, the importance of my worries drifted away, and I began reflecting on the temporality of life.
Mastering the waves is an artform that transcends culture and country: Surfers unite across the world in a sort of common underwater love.
