One of my favorite pictures of my brother-in-law, Andrew. En route to a wedding in New York, we stumbled across Peekskill. Located in Westchester County, New York, Peekskill is a scenic bay community along the Hudson River. We took a detour and darted right over to the rock-lined river to soak it all in. Seagulls [...]

[Christine at Almostfearless.com, a fantastic blog, invited me to guest post. Be sure to check it out. I'm reposting it below for archival purposes] I refuse to believe there is a single person on earth without a talent of some sort. Everyone was born with at least one passion – that skill you’re so effortlessly [...]

Known for its therapeutic effects and proven health benefits for relieving psoriasis, eczema, and other skin conditions, patrons soak in the soothing geothermal waters of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland If you liked this post, please it

One of my favorite blogs had a recent post about jealousy and how maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing. While the arguments listed seemed logical (i.e. looking at others to keep you competitive and make you strive to achieve even more, etc), I wasn’t so sure about the underlying message. I know what ambition [...]

Don’t let the Bermuda Triangle scare you. Just two hours by air from Washington, D.C. and New York, a long weekend jaunt is just the romantic getaway you need to escape from it all. With pink sand beaches, and turquoise blue waters, what could go wrong?! Unless your arrival into paradise finds you staring out [...]

On a side note, I am now co-editing Matador Goods, one of nine excellent travel resources within the Matador Network – the World’s First Interactive Travel Magazine. We will be reviewing and recommending adventure gear, books, gadgets, and other cool stuff. In a nutshell, “Matador Goods is all about finding those kinds of pieces–the ones [...]

Everyone gets tired of looking at sunset pictures. Photo editors aren’t big fans of them either. Growing up in Nigeria close to both the Lagoon and Atlantic Ocean, we were always blessed with some fantastic sunsets – a combination of humidity, the dwindling sun, silhouettes of native vegetation, and soggy clouds. On a recent trip [...]

I had a sign-out sheet with a backlog of students waiting in line to borrow one of my books. The year was 1993 and I was in a tough boarding school back in Africa. By 14, I’d written about 25 stories that filled 50+ large notebooks. I’d cut out pictures from glossy magazines, glue them [...]

Just two hours from the Arctic Circle, temperatures get downright frigid in Luleå, the capital of Swedish Lapland. The last few years, however, have seen some of the warmest temperatures on record and heavy snow may become as rare as classic car sightings. Visit Luleå and take advantage of winter activities such as dogsledding, driving [...]

[Published by In The Know Traveler] A colorful insight into a traditional Yòrubá engagement ceremony Rain fell. Not hard but just enough to give us a few minutes to collect ourselves and observe the world through tinted windows. A few feet away, uninvited cameramen stand in the light rain, waiting for the bride and her [...]