Don’t Let a Gift Mask Your Emotions: The Transactional and Trivial Nature of Gift-Giving From my own experiences: Gift-giving is a common practice in many […]
The Priciest Bar in Ottawa – The Trivial Traveler
Canada, our polite and unassuming neighbor to the north, may be a bit bland as a tourist destination, but it’s not without its selling points. […]
Mon Aerolisador es Plen d’Anguilas – The Trivial Traveler
Let’s play a game. Who here thinks they can guess the language that’s up there in the title? Ok, put your hands down. If you […]
A Trek to Kirk’s Rock – The Trivial Traveler
As a tribute to the 50th anniversary of Star Trek’s debut on NBC, I thought it might be fitting for this week’s column to honor […]
The Lost County of James – The Trivial Traveler
One of the more colorful stories from early federal history is that of the ‘Lost State of Franklin’, an area of present-day East Tennessee that […]
Houdini’s Last Curtain Call – The Trivial Traveler
Six weeks on from Halloween, I’ve just recently finished plowing through the last of the kids’ candy stash that I had managed to squirrel away […]
The President’s Residence Precedence – The Trivial Traveler
Have you heard? On Friday, we’ll all be welcoming a new tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, though just how welcome he will be seems to […]
The Ultimate Limited Access Road – The Trivial Traveler
Urban exploration seems to be a pretty big thing these days. You probably know the drill – break into some abandoned factory, hospital, etc. and […]
Where James Monroe and Tyler Go – The Trivial Traveler
Trivial Pursuit is one outstanding board game and an excellent source for developing a solid foundation of knowledge with which to bore people. Moreover, if […]
Say Wha? – The Trivial Traveler
New York’s City’s famously Bohemian neighborhood of Greenwich Village probably won’t top the list of things to see for a first time visitor to the […]