Christmas and New Year's Eve and Day have come and gone, and I bet you thought the holidays were over, didn't you? Well, guess again, because The New York Times just released its list of "52 Places to Go in 2018" and I'm partying like it's 1999 all over again.
Read MoreShould I be looking at places other than Airbnb when planning trips? That's the question I find myself asking as 2018 gets underway.
Read MoreIt's been some kind of year, let me tell you — and I mean that personally and on a much grander scale. We aren't here to talk about my move from Ann Arbor to Grand Rapids, or my adventures with Uber over the summer, or those stressful days before I secured a full-time job as a reporter in September, though. No, we're here to dissect, to some degree, the year that was for this blog, Logan's Run.
Read MoreVisiting destinations whose outdoor temperatures regularly reach a level of “Okay, this hurts my face,” has, oddly enough, always come with a certain level of fascination for me. What’s even more fascinating than the prospect of visiting such a place is the fact that people actually live in places where the mercury has a difficult time getting past 40 degrees Fahrenheit or so, even in the warmer months of the year.
Read MoreThere are two things in this life that I hold in highest regard, and those are 1) literature, poetry, or anything having to do with writing and 2) travel.
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 MoreI keep thinking about the New York Times' "52 Places to Go in (Insert Year)" article that comes out every January, how I'd like to randomly select a handful of destinations from that list and make it a goal to get to each one before the next list appears. I keep thinking about taking a train across Canada. I keep thinking about Bocas del Toro in Panama...
Read MoreRoughly three months into travel blogging, I'm still about a million miles away from the success that others have been able to find for themselves — but let me introduce you to a few people who know exactly what they're doing.
Read MoreThough I love traveling as much as the next person, there is always one aspect of it that can cause headaches: the planning, the logistics. You have to figure out where you're going, first of all, and then where you'll stay and what you'll do and how you'll budget your money and all the rest.
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