I hate pumping my body full of nasty stuff; it's a trait I inherited from my parents, who have always preferred straightening themselves out through more natural means. Years of experience and plenty of positive results have reinforced their beliefs,…
Continue Reading →With the Extravigator website, the discerning traveler finally has a website to call home; a place where he or she can talk to other discerning travelers about the kind of topics that discerning travelers need to discuss: how to tip…
Continue Reading →Just had a great afternoon hopping around downtown Portland with none other than SpearTalks own Jeff Rooney (Capacitor Design Network). We popped by Upper Playground and the Fifty24PDX gallery to see the Ricky Powell show-- if you're interested in large-format…
Continue Reading →Time for a quick Spearlocator update! I'm in Portland for the next three days, meeting with a certain shoe brand (you'll never guess which one); I've got some free time here and there if anyone has any good tips for…
Continue Reading →Last month I had the opportunity to experience the 'Uncrowded and Uncompromising' tag line for myself on Eos Airlines, the new NYC/London service that has been creating quite the buzz lately. Eos flies 757's usually outfitted for 220 people with…
Continue Reading →I know guys who'd use any excuse to dress up in skirts and beat the crap out of eachother with wooden sticks, so it's no surprise to me that now there's hotels that cater specifically to this niche form of…
Continue Reading →For the past week, I have been diving head-first into my new day job -- learning the ropes, meeting my new teammates, and generally bracing myself for a return to the working world have all taken up much of my…
Continue Reading →A couple of weeks ago, I flew out to London aboard the much-buzzed-about Virgin Upper Class. I'm surprised it took me this long to try Virgin, but it was indeed worth the wait. Being a major branding sucker, I was…
Continue Reading →On one of our evenings in Bali a few weeks ago, we thought it was time to treat ourselves to something truly special (okay, every night felt special), and after reading many reviews about the über famous Ku De Ta…
Continue Reading →I have bad airport karma. Take this past week for instance: I went back to Ohio to see my folks and my flight both ways was delayed four hours, despite the fact that the skies were nothing but sunshine. If…
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