Train Travel: Frozen in Time

When your dear Miss Expatria lived in New York, she had many occasions to arrive into, depart from, drink in, watch squash tournaments in, and walk through magnificent Grand Central Station.
When I had a moment - which wasn’t often, seeing as how I was a New Yorker and therefore always running late - I loved [...]

Oh, Those Swedish: Ingenuity From the Land of Ikea

A Swedish company plans to harness the body heat generated by thousands of commuters scrambling to catch trains at Stockholm’s main station to heat a nearby office building.
What a great idea. And what a great article! I love that they thought it up over coffee.
I might be a freelance writer living a life [...]

Island Fantasies - Or, Ideas for That Year-End Bonus

Cal and I work at opposite ends of the house, although if we sit just the right way and squint, we can see each other. Our cat, Ladybird “Squirt” Johnson, like a child of divorced parents, shuttles herself back and forth all day between the sofa next to Cal’s desk and the chair next [...]

Family Travel, Bagels in New York, Books in Europe

Oh, my readers, what a treasure trove I have found for you today!
First up, a fascinating look into taking your family on the road. These parents have my greatest respect - and I sincerely hope their kids appreciate the opportunity they’ve had.
I was “on the road” from the ages of 10-12, albeit only in [...]

Gettin’ Busy in…Vienna?

Megan Marinos talks about Public Displays of Affection, European Style:
“It is customary to keep actions of a more sexual nature private and most certainly separate from everyday public life in the U.S. On the contrary, Europeans are accustomed to seeing nudity in an orange juice commercial. In the U.S. it is common to see a [...]