This just pisses me off...
How frustratingly unfair, especially to people like me, trying to make an honest break into this industry:
http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/04/14/lonely-planet-scandal-ohnstamm/Hey jerk, your book sounds like it'll be a bunch of ego-maniacal drivel, written by the types of travelers I despise. Switters you most certainly are not, my friend.
New blog
Now that I am not (for now) going around the world, I would like to start a new blog for non-travel-related things.
Any ideas for a name? Blaas goes to Brooklyn would be fun, but I'm technically not a Blaas yet. And I'd have to change it again anyway when we leave Brooklyn.
Home (well, temporary home) for now
Well, we're back from the latest adventure. Two months in Mexico and Central America certainly wiped me out much more than 7 months through Fiji, NZ, Oz and SE Asia did last year, thanks to a rushed and constantly-changing schedule (I like evolution of travel plans, certainly, but not when it's full of stress thanks to steadily-dwindling time and money). All exhaustion was certainly cured, though, after 2 amazing weeks being spoiled ocean-side in the Bahamas.
One day I will have a better computer and will be able to post photos directly to this blog. For now, however, that process is entirely too convoluted and takes entirely too long. Photos from the Bahamas and Costa Rica are already posted on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/rizzoloca, with more to be added in the coming days.
Sorry for the lack of adventurous updates on this journey-- I can probably count on one hand the number of times we used an internet cafe after leaving Mexico. For some details about the trip, check out the pictures, or, wow, call me and I'll happily share a tale or two. For now, I'm saving major stories to try and use to get published. If I find success, I'll let you know where to find them here.
We're currently in RI, crashing with the parents, while we search for jobs and digs in Brooklyn. Any RIers, I'd love to see you and catch up-- give me a call or an email (arizzolo at gmail dot com).
Hope all is well!
