You may remember an early post mentioning the Festival au Desert, a music festival near Timbuktu. A place of camel caravans, music and Tuaregs – sigh. But I digress. Here’s another side to Timbuktu where hard work and tradition rmerge in the salt mines.
I travel there in spirit via this essay written by Lorenzo Serafini, [...]
The phrase “Fashion Week” isn’t normally associated with Pakistan. But the country’s first fashion week was held in cosmopolitan Karachi over four days earlier in November. The organizers aimed to present a different face of the country and to boost an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of people.
With a mix of couture and ready-to-wear [...]
The recently published Lonely Planet’s Best In Travel 2010 presents the best travel ideas for the upcoming year. Take a look at some of the top 10 lists and find the places to be and see. Lists are alpha’d.
The hottest top 10 countries, waiting for you
El Salvador
Germany
Greece
Malaysia
Morocco
Nepal
New Zealand
Portugal
Suriname
United States
Top 10 off-the-beaten-path regions
(Places to experience the [...]
At a time when obesity levels continue to rise, the numbers on candy sales are staggering. Candy is apparently a big, tasty business. What does the world’s sweet tooth crave? Take a look at the products with the highest annual sales worldwide.
I didn’t notice the ubiquitous Kit Kat bar anywhere in the top sellers. I’m [...]
A negative word echoing a negative global mindset, perhaps?
If you enjoy film and TV, this is your lucky day: Three entertaining sites for wannabe directors, aspiring actors or gotta-know-it-all film buffs. These sites get high marks for creativity and coding – simply poetic. Bring on the popcorn.
It’s your shot
It really is – you get to direct a three-camera scene. Don’t worry, you’ll have [...]
Is this what it takes to get customer service these days? Unfortunately the answer is yes – yes it is.
The short story is that I’d never received my new membership card from wnyc (local public radio station). The long story is that this is what I had to resort to – posting my grievance on [...]
Check out this great photo essay of Pushkar Mela, an annual camel and livestock fair held for five days in India.
Credit: AP Photo/Kevin Frayer
Some blogs are successful because of their amazing content, generating a ton of traffic. Other blogs rely on the lively and colorful comments that their readers and subscribers provide to drive traffic.
To launch the curious g’s new ZipPoll series, I’m focused on commenting. The question is: Under what circumstances would you comment on a blog? [...]
