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Experiencing Coastal Culture in Chile with Lindsay Lindsay, a veteran VBT staff member, recently joined our Chile: Coastal Vistas and Vineyards Biking Vacation. It was her first time cycling the Andean valleys and charming seaside towns of... Continue Reading Request...
anything’s gonna require tradeoffs. One big takeaway: we’re not getting off fossil fuels any time soon. Sometimes though Smil has a rhetorical flourish that’s sort of fun. Much like Paul Johnson’sBirth of the Modern, however, the book is so overwhelming,...
And then there was Henry Ford’s decision to offer Model Ts in any color—as long as it was black. Ever practical, with an eye on production efficiency, he realized that the pigmented paints used in the T’s early years (red, green, gray and blue) required multiple coats with time be...
Now the oldest son, who was a teenager at the time, had worked with his father and had been the messenger who had visited the plantation to inform the hunter that the tiger was complete. He saw the vanity and lifestyle of the foreigner in his own country and he hated him deeply for ...
Omakase only.For all the warm sushi rice and dragon rolls, L.A. boasts plenty of excellent Edomae-style sushi bars, with no better example than this relatively new omakase ($300) hidden away in the basement of a Little Tokyo office building. Run by veteran sushi chef Yoshiyuki Inoue, Sus...
These spectacular, hand-selected routes are sure to delight and inspire you as you set out on the journey of a lifetime, whether you're a cross-country road trip veteran or totally new to the game. Each and every trip highlights the beauty and majesty of our great nation, from shoreline...
Elias is hiking up in the mountains or on the ice of the Root and Kennecott Glaciers. Last time I visited I went ice climbing, which proved to be the experience of a lifetime. It’s scary, yet thrilling, being lowered into a Moulin and then climbing back out, knowing that if you ...
“The people and their way of life and what they have to tell us is valuable. To step into something great during your lifetime, be it the Grand Trunk Road or the Baseball Hall of Fame, it attaches you to a piece of history. It’s exciting to learn from people.” ...
It was simply that God had chosen this time to reveal these things to me, for as I looked through the telescope, it was not Manhattan Island that I saw, but a far larger view. That morning, much of the view was impaired by fog. But suddenly as the Spirit of the Lord came upon me...