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Experiencing COVID in the city that never sleeps (or stays indoors)

Experiencing COVID in the city that never sleeps (or stays indoors)

by Olivia Croom Hammerman | Jan 31, 2021 | Featured, Lifestyle, TBS Travel

Being asked to self-isolate in New York, a city not built with personal space in mind, pulls at the very soul of our social Gotham.

For we women, “Eat, Pray, Love” ruined everything

For we women, “Eat, Pray, Love” ruined everything

by Claire J. Harris | Oct 9, 2020 | Featured, Lifestyle, TBS Travel

As a female, and female travel writer, Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ has tarred us with a very particular brush.

Ahmed, Arabic pop and hiding from the prostitutes of the Western Sahara

Ahmed, Arabic pop and hiding from the prostitutes of the Western Sahara

by Claire J. Harris | Sep 12, 2020 | Featured, Lifestyle, TBS Travel

I traipsed the Western Sahara with a man named Ahmed, a portly character big on tunes, hospitality but not the working class.

I was looking for Keith Urban – I found a doomsday cult instead

I was looking for Keith Urban – I found a doomsday cult instead

by Claire J. Harris | Sep 4, 2020 | Featured, Lifestyle, TBS Travel

Once upon a time, I travelled to Nashville to find Keith Urban. Instead, I found Holly, George W. Bush and the devil.

After COVID, after Portland…I need space

After COVID, after Portland…I need space

by Linda Rand | Aug 23, 2020 | Featured, Lifestyle, TBS Travel, The Big Smoke Arena

After an unprecedented year of violence, demonstration and pestilence, I find myself longing for space, a means of escape.

That time I snuck over Mexico’s border. With a clown.

That time I snuck over Mexico’s border. With a clown.

by Claire J. Harris | Aug 2, 2020 | Featured, Lifestyle, TBS Travel

The last time I travelled to Mexico, I weaved my way through neighbouring Guatemala. The only problem was explaining who my guide was to customs.

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