Category: Traveling

Cities Aren’t Trying to Kill You

I have always lived in cities—in reverse chronological order and, interestingly, order of size: Brooklyn (NY), Boston (MA), and Worcester (MA). Every time I move to a bigger city, some people inevitably ask me about surviving in these places, as if millions of people are merely surviving in them. By “surviving,” they don’t mean how expensive it is to live in a city or any other kind of jokey definition of surviving. These people mean surviving in the literal sense. The following are two real examples of this happening to me…

The Rides of Universal Orlando

Last week I went to Universal Orlando and got a 2-day pass for both parks: Universal Studios and Universal’s Islands of Adventure. I hadn’t been since 1994, so it was pretty much all new to me. I present here my ranking of all the rides that I was able to go on.

Volunteer toll booth working

photo credit: redjar via photopin cc

How hard could it be to just take over a toll booth and start collecting fare? I’ve spent a good deal of time traveling over the past month and every time I go through one of those long, 6+ lane toll plazas, I get this unshakable thought that I could totally open one of the… Continue reading Volunteer toll booth working

NYC Trip: Days 4 – 7

If you regularly read this blog, you may be asking yourself “What happened during the rest of your time in NYC, Matt?” Well friends, I would have loved to have told you at the time, but I just got a little too busy (which is a good thing). Class on Wednesday was fine, I only… Continue reading NYC Trip: Days 4 – 7

NYC Trip: Day 2 & 3

Monday was my first day of improv classes and they went much better than expected. The whole class was really into it, excited, and funny. I’m not sure why I expected less, it was people taking a class that no one forced them to take, essentially to have a good time on stage. But still,… Continue reading NYC Trip: Day 2 & 3