There are a couple reasons it was time to move on from Logan’s Run — the primary one being so that I would no longer be competing with the 1976 film of the same name when it comes to the Google machine. Beyond that, though, I feel the new name does a much better job of capturing what this site is all about: the wonder, and the wander, of travel.
Read MoreTwo years after we made the initial trek to Michigan Tech for Winter Carnival and three nights of general debauchery, it seemed a return trip to the frigid U.P. was in order. So, on a Thursday morning with mostly clear skies, we set out from Mount Pleasant in the heart of the Mitten to do just that.
Read MoreWhile the cold weather sets in, it seems like a pretty great time to do some California dreamin'. And, besides getting your lazy bum on a plane and flying out there, what could be better for California dreamin' than listening to a California-inspired playlist?
Read MoreFestivals of the musical variety draw people from far and wide each and every summer to locations such as Indio, California (Coachella); Manchester, Tennessee (Bonnaroo); and Chicago (Lollapalooza). For a time, one festival also drew tens of thousands to the capital city of the first state: Dover, Delaware. Firefly Music Festival hasn’t been held since 2022, but when it was rockin’ and rollin’, it was one of the premiere alternative/rock/pop extravaganzas out there.
Read MoreOn July 1, 2016, the greatest punk rock band of any generation released its seventh studio album, the first musical project to feature vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba, of Alkaline Trio fame. Blink 182's California, in my mind, pays admirable tribute to the band's earlier music, while throwing in some pop-y elements. Those little things are easily forgiven considering I feel just peachy that Blink has released new music for the first time in four years and most of the album rocks soundly.
Read MoreIt was mid-February when I decided to drop $350 on a four-day weekend pass to a summer music festival. I was in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at a friend's place, looking over the details online — who would be playing, where we would stay, etc. — when he and I pulled the trigger and signed ourselves up for the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, the capital of America's first state.
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