Forty pairs of eyes scan the countryside looking for movement, any movement. With binoculars and cameras at the ready, we hoped for a bear or a moose, but were willing to settle for some Dall sheep high up the mountain. Not a passenger aboard the bus maintained a semblance of composure.
You may not be traveling to far-away places in the immediate future, but we can bring them to you. Here's a series of T-Boy’s virtual trips, and we hope you'll be able to go there and to other distant destinations soon.
Sister Pia notices several people walking out in the street despite the government order to stay at home due to the Corona virus pandemic. Sister Pia grabs the first man she meets, "Do you want to go to heaven?"
As much of the world adjusts to a new normal of restricted living, our readers share tips for finding everyday joys... The Zoom platform is easy and convenient. Missing your favorite teacher or class? This will allow you to still take that class with that teacher at their regular time slots in the safe environment of your own home.
The pandemic is revealing an unexpected, dangerous attitude among older Americans and their behavior during the outbreak. “Coronavirus & the Generational Divide” by Anna Christensen is now available... You may not be traveling to far-away places in the immediate future, but we can bring them to you.
Many of us are now entering the second, third or fourth week of restrictions on our movements, and it is becoming ever clearer that overcoming this crisis will be a marathon, not a sprint. As we all collectively adjust to our unique situations, we asked New York Times readers to share their ideas for pursuing the traveler’s spirit of discovery, curiosity and delight within their new limitations at home.
In Krakow, tourists often go sightseeing, shopping, clubbing, eating in restaurants and walking while locals enjoy shopping, going to day spas, eating in restaurants and going to the zoo and boulevards of the Vistula river.
Today, the whole world knows of the Caesar Salad – a salad generally consisting of romaine lettuce and croutons, dressed with Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce and black pepper.
On the morning of February 28, 2020, the T-Boy Society of Film & Music met in Studio City, CA for the final vote on our top 20 Road Movies of all-time. It was one of those beautiful Southern California mornings where the sun was out, the air was fresh with just a hint of dampness on the world-famous Los Angeles River ‘s concrete riverbed.
Couples-on-the-run films are now a sub-genre in Road Movies. They range from the film noirs of Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour and Joseph H. Lewis’ Gun Crazy to Jean-Luc Godard’s existentialism in Pierrot le Fou and the anarchic Weekend, where a traffic jam represents the approaching cataclysm that will destroy civilization. Rather timely today.