July 2026 Newsletter Khadija and I spent a few days in Boston. Even though we had both been there, this was the first time together. Khadija spent her first two and half years in the U.S. in the Boston area. She took me to places she worked, lived and studied. We stayed in the Back Bay neighborhood which is full of 19th-century Victorian brownstones and French Renaissance-inspired residential blocks. While walking on the Freedom Trail, we came upon a statue of Bill Russell, one of the...

June 2026 Newsletter I attended the NomadMania conference in Ouro Preto, Brazil. It’s now an annual event where select NomadMania members meet in a rarely visited place to discuss important topics that pertain to organization, while exploring new destinations, catching up with old friends and meeting new travelers. Khadija couldn’t join me as she had upcoming knee surgery (which subsequently has been delayed to September). Ouro Preto (Black Gold) is Brazil’s emblematic Gold Rush capital and a...

April 2026 Newsletter This month was one of those where we didn’t travel but spent a lot of time planning future trips. However, we are lucky to live in NYC where the whole world exists around us or makes a visit! At Lincoln Center Jazz, drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. and British Nigerian bassist Michael Olatuja with 5 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 4 vocalists and a keyboardist performed "Big Band Afrobeat to Afrobeats". Afrobeat (singular) is a 1970s genre pioneered by Fela Kuti, blending...