My great uncle, who is almost eighty-nine years old, recently told me: “I can resist everything except temptation.” My close friend is in the sixth month of one of those all-consuming-totally-devoted-to-you-maybe-we’ll-get-married-and-reproduce sort of relationships. In a moment of weakness, her boyfriend got rip-roaring drunk and cheated on her, “briefly” (in his own words, whatever that [...]

Being in Buenos Aires is like stepping back in time—similar to what I would imagine of Paris, if Paris were in the south of France in the 1960s or ’70s. There is an ambient whimsy and spookiness to it, and more vegetation than I have seen in any city—parks and lovely trees at every turn [...]

If you are wondering where all the attractive, well-dressed, virile men went… they are in Buenos Aires.
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We encountered two charming middle-aged men dining at the table across from us in a romantic jewel of a restaurant in Bariloche. At first we had the impression that they were quite attractive and intriguing fellows. Then, we noticed their wedding rings, and we realized that they were married, and probably on a boy’s night [...]

My jaunt in South America continues, and the language barrier presents more amusing incidents with each passing day.
Gauche Tips for the Deranged Traveler:
1. Use coupons from those little tourist restaurant booklets to redeem complimentary cocktails.
2. If staying in an apartment, go to a nearby luxury hotel and have the concierge make you [...]

I met the man of my dreams on the chairlift in Bariloche, the romantic Argentinean ski destination. When it is warm in the off-season, it has the feel of the Swiss Alps with a hint of the Virgin Islands and a Spanish sensibility mixed in. The chairlift led to the top of a mountain, where [...]

I am in the Lake District of Chile getting to know a relative-in-law, a Swiss-Italian woman with definite fascist tendencies. In her glory days of Germanic Brigitte Bardot beauty, she was a couture model who hobnobbed with Audrey Hepburn and dated Ronald Reagan. She married my great uncle, a regal Bavarian version of Hugh Hefner, [...]

Apparently many Americans are moving into motel rooms, indefinitely, because of foreclosures and the recession. That sounds somewhat tiresome, but in a way cinematic and inspiring. Right now I am in Santiago, Chile, exploring the Almodovarian aesthetic and encountering the friendliest and most endearing people. They are so willing to assist whenever it becomes apparent [...]

In the midst of my last-minute attempt to finish a draft of my senior essay, I am procrastinating to no end. Today this meant taking coffee with one of my oldest friends in the world, who was recently elected by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC, an acronym I never thought I’d understand, let alone [...]

The past few days have been a veritable mini cruise in celebration of my birthday. It all began when my sister made a trip to New Haven and I showed her a few of its many charms. First there was The Cupcake Truck, where she surprised me with a red velvet cupcake topped with edible [...]