Wanderlust

You're not a writer if you're not writing. I've heard it countless times, and true enough, while I might be suffering the first slings of burnout following this insane vacation, I did write my [...]

I read a book a few years ago about the secret gardens of New Orleans. I was obsessed with the city at the time -- the cemeteries, the food, the bleat of horns falling from Preservation Hall into [...]

Highgate Cemetery sits atop Highgate Hill in London, and is the most acclaimed of the Magnificent Seven: a Victorian garden cemetery that fell to disrepair since the 60’s, and is now maintained [...]

I'm mighty reluctant to say that a really stupid movie encouraged me to travel. My much younger self would disagree, because she still remembers the words to the song from Eurotrip: Scotty [...]

As I mentioned yesterday, I've landed myself in the final scenes of Wake the Dead. Since a lot of the story takes place at Highgate Cemetery West, I've been gingerly poking around my archives to [...]

After plugging in my cameras and settling in a bit this morning after a giant mug of coffee, I've pulled a few images from the cemeteries I visited on my trip. Sure, I saw other stuff while in [...]

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston; a fact often overlooked because he's so often associated with Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore makes an industry of him too, which is [...]

Boston is one of the oldest and wealthiest cities in America. Founded in 1630, Boston was settled by Puritans. Right on the harbour, Boston has played host to massacres, numerous executions, [...]

This afternoon I board a plane for a very short flight over to the land of clam chowder. This might seem strange to you, given that my immediate reaction to spending a week deepening my [...]