Why should I visit Lincoln Park? Dizzied by towering skyscrapers, shopping sprees, and great food, Chicago may feel overwhelming at times. Michigan Avenue and Navy Pier are the standard while visiting, but the city has much more to offer. Lincoln Park is one of the gems outside the downtown Loop. The park is a sweet… Read More Why Lincoln Park is Worth the Visit – (Chicago, IL)
Your favorite site for cheap flights isn’t so cheap anymore. No one wants to spend a lot of time shopping for plane tickets online. You’ve been using Priceline as your search engine for years and that’s what you’re comfortable with… but maybe you’re ready to fly cheaper. There are plenty of ways to fly cheap… Read More Finding cheap flights: comparing search engines (Priceline vs. Skyscanner)
Kennebunkport, Maine Traveling from Boston to Maine went much better than Providence to Boston. When researching travel ideas in Maine, I happened upon whale watching tours. I’ve never seen a whale in real life and for $48 (First Chance Whale Watch), I couldn’t pass the opportunity. Blue skies dusted with clouds encouraged us on our quick… Read More Whale Watching in Maine
Why Should I See the Solar Eclipse on August 21st? You’ve probably seen a lunar eclipse before, but if you live in North America, chances are you haven’t seen a solar eclipse in your lifetime. The last time a solar eclipse was viewable from coast to coast of the U.S. was in 1918. It’s been… Read More How and Where to View the Solar Eclipse in Illinois
Michael George is a Chicago born yogi, traveler, and entrepreneur. I met with him to talk about his 15 month travel around the world, his yoga practice, and where to find the best food abroad. Click below to take a listen! For the full-length interview, subscribe to Windy Pictures (top right!). Having difficulty with the… Read More Interview with Michael George: 15 months of travel, yoga, and the best food around
How much is too much when it comes to traveling? Not having seen my good buddy Mike in half a year, we wanted to take a trip together somewhere. He had been living in Australia for the past several months, and I was working in Chicago. Well, ideas became plans. Our destination needed to be… Read More How to Decide If Plane Tickets Are Too Much
Initially, the flight was going to be from Washington, D.C. to Boston, Massachusetts but herein lies the trouble with flying standby: it’s never a guarantee you will get on the flight you want. The night before we were leaving for Boston, we looked up the flight schedules to see what they looked like. D.C. to… Read More Travel Glitches from Providence, RI to Boston, MA
I’ve been preparing to go on a trip to New England. After work tomorrow, I’ll be beginning a 6 day adventure of the east coast beginning with Washington, D.C. I’m not sure what to expect of D.C. aside from it supposedly being a big deal. It’s the capital of the U.S.A., so I guess that… Read More Preparing a Trip to New England
Alabama is the sequel to my Tennessee post and it’s the true reason I went on this trip to begin with. I have a habit of keeping an ongoing bucket list of locations I want to explore and one day on Reddit I happened across a post regarding the glow worms of Alabama. There are… Read More Where to Find Glow Worms in Alabama
This was my first time flying standby alone so I wasn’t sure how my flight to Tennessee was going to go. It went mostly without hiccups, except for the single most annoying thing that could probably happen – I wasn’t able to make the flight I had wanted to! This happens, though, especially on a… Read More An Introduction to Tennessee