Thanksgiving, Lorenzo Brown, and “Sólo sí es sí” – Random Thoughts #9

Hey all! It’s been a while since I’ve done a “random thoughts” post. First off, happy Thanksgiving! I’m debating whether to go and buy a full turkey for

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Prostitution in Spain – Will the government abolish “the oldest profession”?

Several months ago I was down in Madrid with Morena. We were walking down calle Leganitos, just off Plaza España. Maybe you know it: it’s one of the

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Is teaching English in Spain for losers? A former teacher speaks!

I came to Spain about 18 years ago. Young, greasy-haired, and blaming “capitalism” for most of my problems, I guess you could say I was a bit of

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Ribes de Freser and Vall de Nuria – hiking in Catalonia

Hey there! Just wanted to give a heads up about a couple of places that are worth visiting if you’re spending some time in Catalonia. Morena and I

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Everything in Barcelona is Fake – free tour of Bogus Barna

For many, travel is a search for authenticity. Perhaps you spend most of your year working and living in a land of highways and strip malls, where much

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Revisiting the Great Recession, or: how to waste your youth in a country in crisis

What’s shakin, y’all? I recently got back from about 5 weeks in the US. Funny thing about that: I’d heard from all sides that the US was now

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A Horse is a Horse… and also a source of delicious red meat, of course!

The Spanish have a saying: “Lo que no mata, engorda.” Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you fatter. It’s not Nietzsche, and it doesn’t have anything to do with

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Phoenix, Arizona tourism – a travel guide for pedestrians and others

Phoenix is a city that shouldn’t even exist. Spread out across more than 14 thousand (!!!) square miles of desert in central Arizona, it’s just massive, dry, criss-crossed with highways

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Las Vegas – riding the Dopamine Express in world-famous Sin City

Welp… Here I am in Las Vegas. Sin City. The “Entertainment” Capital of the World. I’ve never hated a place so much before even getting out of the

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New Orleans, or: How to Get Wet in the Big Easy

Baltimore to New Orleans. The plane gets me all the way across the South in half an afternoon. Outside the airport, the taxi driver’s name is Chowdhury, a

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