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Ft. Worth, Dallas, DC/MD/VA, Cuba + London
Ft. Worth, Dallas, DC/MD/VA, Cuba + London
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back up to.
- Haleakalā, 6:50am
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two airports. one metroplex.
I got here as fast as I could
Ft. worth + Dallas, Texas
Ft. worth + Dallas,TX
See Texas without doing the Texas everyone does. Drive Elm Street past the old courthouse into Deep Ellum, take an Uber to Fuel City for tacos out of a gas station, and give the kids a summer afternoon at Paradise Springs. I'm not from here, which is exactly why I still notice the things people who grew up here stopped seeing.
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Three airports. One city.
I grew up here.
Three airports. One city.
I grew up here.
DC, MD + VA
DC, Maryland + Virginia
Three airports serve this region, and picking the wrong one costs you an afternoon before you've seen anything.
The museums are free, the Metro works better than you've heard, and most of what's worth doing isn't on the postcard.
Three airports serve this region, and picking the wrong one costs you an afternoon before you've seen anything.
The museums are free, the Metro works better than you've heard, and most of what's worth doing isn't on the postcard.
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Five airports. One city.
I've been going since I was ten.
Five airports. One city.
I've been going since I was ten.
London, U.K.
London, U.K.
Take the kids. SERIOUSLY. My mother took me at ten solo. Then I took my son solo at ten.
London is the easiest first country — you already speak the language and a ten-year-old can walk more of it than you'd think.
Spend an afternoon at the Science Museum, let them loose at the Diana fountain in Hyde Park, and do one walking tour with an actual guide.
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Not a booking. An experience
Not a booking. An experience
Cuba
Doesn't work like anywhere else.
One doesnt just book, fly and relax in Havana.
No. I'ts more organization than anything else — from the category you travel under, to a documented schedule that has to hold up for five years, where US money can and can't go + a hundred things nobody writes down.
So yes, you can go and I just might be the best travel advisor to get you there.
Two airports. One metroplex.
I got here as fast as I could
Ft. worth + Dallas,TX
The Metroplex is two cities that refuse to be one, served by two airports that are nothing alike, and most visitors do the same three things and go home. You can do better with the same weekend.
Start by driving past the red victorian courthouse standing shoulder to shoulder with a glass tower, which is the entire city in one block — and follow it until it turns into Deep Ellum.
More than likely, on the way in you'll pass some tourist standing on a busy traffic trying to get a photograph of themselves on the X where Kennedy was shot.
This happens every warm day.
Nobody stops them.
It hilarious to me but hey...
I just live here.
Then eat somewhere that isn't on a list. Fuel City sells tacos out of a gas station and it's worth the ride. Paloma Quesadillas over on Greenville.
And if it's summer and your children have entered a state of collapse, Paradise Springs at the Gaylord Texan will buy you an entire afternoon. Resort guests only | no day passes, and it closes for the season. Which is what I'm for. I'm not from Texas.
Many of those who grew up here often stop seeing as it a long time ago — I didn't, and that's the useful part.
You get the version that's actually Texas without the version that's a gift shop.
Two airports.One Metroplex.
I got here as fast as I could
Ft. worth + Dallas,TX
The Metroplex is two cities that refuse to be one, served by two airports that are nothing alike, and most visitors do the same three things and go home. You can do better with the same weekend.
Start by driving past the red victorian courthouse standing shoulder to shoulder with a glass tower, which is the entire city in one block — and follow it until it turns into Deep Ellum.
More than likely, on the way in you'll pass some tourist standing on a busy traffic trying to get a photograph of themselves on the X where Kennedy was shot.
This happens every warm day.
Nobody stops them.
It hilarious to me but hey...I just live here.
Then eat somewhere that isn't on a list. Fuel City sells tacos out of a gas station and it's worth the ride. Paloma Quesadillas over on Greenville.
And if it's summer and your children have entered a state of collapse, Paradise Springs at the Gaylord Texan will buy you an entire afternoon. Resort guests only | no day passes, and it closes for the season. Which is what I'm for. I'm not from Texas.
Many of those who grew up here often stop seeing as it a long time ago — I didn't, and that's the useful part.
You get the version that's actually Texas without the version that's a gift shop.
Three airports. One city.
I grew up here.
DC, MD + VA
Most visitors see Washington in a straight line. Monuments, one museum, Metro back to the hotel, done.
You can do considerably more with the same three days.
The first decision is the airport, and the three serving this region are not interchangeable.
The right one depends on where you're sleeping, and nobody mentions that until after you've booked.
From there it opens up. Admission to the Smithsonians is free, always, which means the most expensive-looking city in America has the best free afternoon in it. Bring a rain jacket.
It rains here more than the photographs admit.
I grew up in Montgomery County.
I went to the kite festival on the Monument grounds as a kid and watched Stevie Wonder sing Happy Birthday, live on the Mall in the eighties — which is a long way of saying I know this place as somewhere people live, not somewhere people visit.
That's what you're getting out of it: which airport, which neighborhood, which Sunday market, and which of the things on every list you can skip without missing anything.
Three airports. One city.
I grew up here.
DC, Maryland + Virginia
Most visitors see Washington in a straight line. Monuments, one museum, Metro back to the hotel, done. You can do considerably more with the same three days.
The first decision is the airport, and the three serving this region are not interchangeable — the right one depends on where you're sleeping, and nobody mentions that until after you've booked.
From there it opens up. Admission to the Smithsonians is free, always, which means the most expensive-looking city in America has the best free afternoon in it. Bring a rain jacket.
It rains here more than the photographs admit.
I grew up in Montgomery County.
I grew up in Montgomery County. I went to the kite festival on the Monument grounds as a kid and watched Stevie Wonder sing Happy Birthday, live on the Mall in the eighties — which is a long way of saying I know this place as somewhere people live, not somewhere people visit.
That's what you're getting out of it: which airport, which neighborhood, which Sunday market, and which of the things on every list you can skip without missing anything.
Five airports. One city.
I've been going since I was ten.
Five airports. One city.
I've been going since I was ten.
London + the UK
London is the easiest first country to take a child to, and almost nobody says so out loud.
You already speak the language. The big museums — Science, Natural History, the British Museum — cost nothing to walk into. And the city is built for walking, which is the part that actually decides the trip, because what ruins a week with a ten-year-old isn't distance, it's pace.
Getting there is the other decision, and the airports serving this city are not interchangeable — the cheap fare is sometimes an hour and a train ride from where you're sleeping.
My mother took me to London when I was ten. Twenty years later, she took my daughter at ten. By the time my son turned ten she had died, so I took him myself — and his twenty-year-old sister at the same time, on my own, sharing one itinerary, and I know precisely where it gets hard.
So if you're standing at the edge of a first trip abroad with a kid, and there's a voice telling you that you couldn't possibly do it by yourself: you can.
I can tell you how.
London is the easiest first country to take a child to, and almost nobody says so out loud.
You already speak the language. The big museums — Science, Natural History, the British Museum — cost nothing to walk into. And the city is built for walking, which is the part that actually decides the trip, because what ruins a week with a ten-year-old isn't distance, it's pace.
Getting there is the other decision, and the airports serving this city are not interchangeable — the cheap fare is sometimes an hour and a train ride from where you're sleeping.
My mother took me to London when I was ten. Twenty years later, she took my daughter at ten. By the time my son turned ten she had died, so I took him myself — and his twenty-year-old sister at the same time, on my own, sharing one itinerary, and I know precisely where it gets hard.
So if you're standing at the edge of a first trip abroad with a kid, and there's a voice telling you that you couldn't possibly do it by yourself: you can.
I can tell you how.
Not a booking. An experience
Not a booking. An experience
Cuba
Cuba
Most of what makes Cuba hard isn't the part you can look up.
It's knowing that you don't photograph the security checkpoint — I found that out the way most people find things out.
It's knowing what a road looks like between two cities, what breaks, what it costs, and what you can't buy once you're there.
None of that is in a guidebook, and none of it is something a booking engine can hand you.
So this isn't a trip you can add to a cart. It's a small group I'm building — no more than nine.
Dates are being planned for spring.
If you've wanted to go to Cuba but could never work out where to start, put your name down and I'll tell you what it takes before you commit to anything.
Most of what makes Cuba hard isn't the part you can look up.
It's knowing that you don't photograph the security checkpoint — I found that out the way most people find things out.
It's knowing what a road looks like between two cities, what breaks, what it costs, and what you can't buy once you're there.
None of that is in a guidebook, and none of it is something a booking engine can hand you.
So this isn't a trip you can add to a cart. It's a small group I'm building — no more than nine.
Dates are being planned for spring.
If you've wanted to go to Cuba but could never work out where to start, put your name down and I'll tell you what it takes before you commit to anything.
