TravelMarx

So we only had one hour, but at least we got to see it: the California Academy of Sciences . We had just enough time to take in the Rainfore...

Front cover of "Lost in Translation" by Eva Hoffman. Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language is a memoir by Eva Wydra Hoff...

Been Here a Thousand Years is an Italian novel by Mariolina Venezia and translated into English by Marina Harss. It’s a story about five ge...

While listening to a story on NPR about an airline for pets called Pet Airways I was struck by someone interviewed in the story who mentio...

Two new music recommendations from Travelmarx are Patrick Watson’s 2009 release Wooden Arms ( listen ) and Benoît Pioulard’s 2006 release P...

We’ve had Amorphophallus bulbifer growing outside for 6+ years now in Seattle. The location is south-facing but with not that much sun due ...

The book by Woody Tasch titled Slow Money: Inquiries Into the Nature of Slow Money – Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered wa...

A pleasant surprise for our one day visit on the north part of San Juan Island was the Westcott Bay Sculpture Park . The park is a 19 acre a...