Comments on: Everywhere is a destination http://www.vagablogging.net/everywhere-is-a-destination.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Vladimir http://www.vagablogging.net/everywhere-is-a-destination.html/comment-page-1#comment-28330 Vladimir Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:12:37 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6125#comment-28330 WORD!!!! WORD!!!!

]]> By: » How to rediscover your hometown :: Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog http://www.vagablogging.net/everywhere-is-a-destination.html/comment-page-1#comment-28039 » How to rediscover your hometown :: Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:01:35 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6125#comment-28039 [...] post from earlier this week, “Everywhere is a destination,” struck a familiar note with me. I live in a popular tourist town, and while I love where I [...] [...] post from earlier this week, “Everywhere is a destination,” struck a familiar note with me. I live in a popular tourist town, and while I love where I [...]

]]> By: Brett http://www.vagablogging.net/everywhere-is-a-destination.html/comment-page-1#comment-27951 Brett Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:35:46 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6125#comment-27951 @Brian: Right on! I love how they hit up Pound Ridge Reservation...still one of my favorite spots in the world. @Lauren: Thanks. Keep at it. How could anybody *not* want to spend time in the city that created Tower of Power? @Ted: Cost of living in Oakland vs. Boston? @Brian: Right on! I love how they hit up Pound Ridge Reservation…still one of my favorite spots in the world.

@Lauren: Thanks. Keep at it. How could anybody *not* want to spend time in the city that created Tower of Power?

@Ted: Cost of living in Oakland vs. Boston?

]]> By: Ted Beatie http://www.vagablogging.net/everywhere-is-a-destination.html/comment-page-1#comment-27879 Ted Beatie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:27:21 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6125#comment-27879 Oakland totally gets a bad rap! My wife and I moved here in February of this year from Boston, and we love it. It's such a diverse city, with everything from the huge cranes at the Port of Oakland, to horseriders trotting down the median on Skyline Blvd. It has vibrant ethnic areas like Fruitvale where we live, and any number of Vietnamese neighborhoods on the east side of Lake Merritt. I don't do this as regularly as I might like, but one of my favorite things to do is to just go somewhere I haven't been. It's simple, but picking a random BART station, or walking from your home in a different direction than you're used to, one can discover new things about the place they live. Oakland totally gets a bad rap! My wife and I moved here in February of this year from Boston, and we love it. It’s such a diverse city, with everything from the huge cranes at the Port of Oakland, to horseriders trotting down the median on Skyline Blvd. It has vibrant ethnic areas like Fruitvale where we live, and any number of Vietnamese neighborhoods on the east side of Lake Merritt.

I don’t do this as regularly as I might like, but one of my favorite things to do is to just go somewhere I haven’t been. It’s simple, but picking a random BART station, or walking from your home in a different direction than you’re used to, one can discover new things about the place they live.

]]> By: brian http://www.vagablogging.net/everywhere-is-a-destination.html/comment-page-1#comment-27875 brian Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:40:36 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6125#comment-27875 Lauren, The new Mother Earth News was praising your city. There's hope yet. Lauren,

The new Mother Earth News was praising your city. There’s hope yet.

]]> By: Lauren Quinn http://www.vagablogging.net/everywhere-is-a-destination.html/comment-page-1#comment-27865 Lauren Quinn Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:50:51 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6125#comment-27865 Love the idea of cultivating a traveler's approach to living in one's home town/country. I love that space you're in when you return home, when everything usual is new--but it's so hard to hang on to! For what it's worth, all efforts to promote my hometown (Oakland, CA) as a tourist attraction have been laughably debauched. Maybe it's time we got a Guardian article! Love the idea of cultivating a traveler’s approach to living in one’s home town/country. I love that space you’re in when you return home, when everything usual is new–but it’s so hard to hang on to!

For what it’s worth, all efforts to promote my hometown (Oakland, CA) as a tourist attraction have been laughably debauched. Maybe it’s time we got a Guardian article!

]]> By: brian http://www.vagablogging.net/everywhere-is-a-destination.html/comment-page-1#comment-27856 brian Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:33:53 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6125#comment-27856 As a fellow Westchesterite, I loved the Bedford piece. As a fellow Westchesterite, I loved the Bedford piece.

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