As people who are not stupid know, Northern Exposure is the single finest American television show ever produced. Or, to clarify, it is the very best fictional series ever produced. Non-stupid people could argue, for example, that Ken Burns Civil War is similarly excellent. Some have even credited Northern Exposure with introducing dramedy, the popular [...]

Hostels for 30 cents: HostelBookers.com is celebrating their 6th birthday by offering up 10 beds per night for five straight days beginning April 26 for only 30 cents. So if you’re in either Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Edinburgh, Florence, Krakow, Lisbon, Prague, Miami or New York City between May 31 and June 4, there’s no reason [...]

It’s the cliché, “pictures don’t do it justice” phenomenon, yet, it may be true. What gets me is how these invoke your curiosity. It leads me to wonder what, and where, is possible in the world. I will never forget when I rounded a corner along the Parks Highway in Alaska (just about where the [...]

I feel obligated to put a few posts on the back burner in lieu of our impromptu “TheExpeditioner.com Ski Week 2009” (tag- you’re it, Matt). Next topic: Heli-skiing. To those not familiar, this Jaunted headline will fill you in pretty quick: “Take A Helicopter To Ski Where (Mostly) No One Has Skied Before.” I’d like [...]