A Central Square Food and Mural Arts Tour: Cambridge, MA
When a local Boston tour company invited me to check out their new food and mural arts tour of Central Square in Cambridge, MA, I agreed on the following condition: …
Race and Travel
These articles analyze the dynamics of race, discrimination, and empowerment around the world and at home in the USA.
Historic Charleston, SC: What to Do and See
Curiosity and History of Charleston, SC Beckoned… “What does Charleston, South Carolina even look like?” I wondered aloud to my Folly Beach hosts. “Oh, you MUST go see it after we …
MASS MoCA: A Perfect Art Museum in Massachusetts for Kids and Adults!
Rule #1 of travel with two kids under 4: Get the munchkins out of the rental house, or they will destroy the rental house. Thus it was that during our …
The Best Place to Travel this Year for Me Was… Curaçao!
“What’s the best place you traveled to recently?” people often ask. Well, this year, one spot leapt into my heart and smooched it so sweetly that it’s the clear winner: …
DNA Test Fun: Ancestry Travel Inspiration!
“Do DNA kits even work?” I muttered, pulling the colorful box from its packaging. I’ve heard of so many people learning their ancestry from spit testing recently, that when 23andMe …
Why Was the White House Travel Conference Mostly White?
One of the biggest honors of my life is that I was able to attend the White House Travel Bloggers Summit on Study Abroad and Global Engagement. One of the …
My Face Is on a Billboard Advertisement in Ghana, West Africa?!
WHOA! Without my knowledge, I have become the face of a restaurant advertisement in West Africa?! Late last night I received a shocking message from my friend Alicia, who had …
12 Reasons Belize is a Best Place for Honeymoon Travel
When Colin and I got engaged, we spent months agonizing over which country to travel to for our Honeymoon. At the last minute (read: two weeks before our epic wedding) …
Michelle: Travel to China as a Chinese-American Student
Article #3 in the Student Travel Stories Series from our tour of Beijing, China.By Michelle, Age 15, 9th Grade in Boston. Born in the U.S. to parents from China. Q: …
African American History of Boston in a Tour and Timeline
Boston’s Black History is Misunderstood. When many people think of Black-White race relations in Boston, they often think of the violent racial battles in the 1970s over forced desegregation of …