London Calling
In the third installment of her letters from Scotland, our writer, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, visits London, where she fights crowds and considers looting the British Museum.
Travel
A collection of 167 issues
Welcome Back From Baghdad, Mr. President
After taking off on a top-secret Thanksgiving Day jaunt to Baghdad, President Bush appears to be on a mission to be the Badass-in-Chief. Or are there other motives at work? Our writer chases the paper trail.
Quick Change Terrain
In the second installment of her letters from Scotland, our writer watches “Neighbors,” hits the Highlands, and meets the most helpful shaggy dog in Scotland.
Notes on a Federal Culture
Urban character is easy—Chicago has architecture, New York has culture, Los Angeles has a six-hour flight to New York—but what about cities with zero personality? Let’s say, Washington?
Colorful Lullabies
In the first of her series of letters from Scotland, our writer moves into her flat, learns the Scottish hoedown, and goes on a countryside jaunt that turns out to be anything but “Withnail & I.”
How to Road Trip
Driving at least once from Connecticut to California should be required for all Americans, but how to survive the trip is less understood. Timeless advice for a tiring journey.
The Knickerbocker
Of all the classic New York hotels, one of its finest, the Knickerbocker, has fallen into almost-total obscurity.
I Live in a Motel
Travelers know what to expect from a motel: not much, besides pornography. When our writer is forced to live in one for a month, he finds a bit more to appreciate.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
There’s a lot of land in the U.S., and it’s covered with roads. Our writer takes a cross-country tour with one hand on the wheel and the other on the camera.
Lost in Translation
The Chinatown bus network: offering inexpensive transport between the major Chinatowns of the eastern US. The New York Times coos over the novelty; we actually take a ride on the bus and have a decidedly different take.