Lisa Steinmann is a textile artist, educator, writer, and student of fiber arts. She authors Bad Sauna/Good Stories, a blog exploring sauna as sanctuary and daily practice. She is developing a book examining how textiles have been integral to sauna throughout history — as functional, sensual and creatively considered materials. Sauna bathing and textile-making are intertwined practices rooted in the natural environment and ancestral ways of life. Lisa’s work explores and promotes the potential of textiles to be part of an environmentally sustainable future. Bad Sauna, her family’s backyard sauna in St. Paul, Minnesota, is where she can often be found wrapped snugly […]

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Most visitors to Japan follow a well-worn path: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, maybe a day trip to Nara. And for good reason — those cities are extraordinary. But across the Seto Inland Sea, on the southern coast of Shikoku island, sits a prefecture that barely registers on most travel itineraries: Kochi.   That’s exactly what makes it worth visiting.   Kochi Prefecture occupies the entire Pacific-facing coast of Shikoku, Japan’s smallest main island. It has no bullet train and no major international gateway. No Instagram-famous shrine gates. What it does have […]

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Nick is better known as The Flying Naturist. He is a lifestyle blogger and content creator who shares what it is like to live a clothing optional life on his website, FlyingNaturist.com. He writes about everyday naturist experiences, from swimming and bowling to vacation. Nick presents himself as an ordinary person and advocates that naturism is not about showing off or being provocative, but simply a way of life. Q. Naturism is a lifestyle, but many people misunderstand it. What is your take on what naturism really means in its […]

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Catalonia has 580 kilometres (360 miles) of coastline which can be characterised as town and city or wild natural with very different types of beaches to cater for all preferences. City and town beaches are typically closely regulated beaches (no smoking on the beach, no nudity, no motorised watercraft, no dogs) but have services such as public toilets, showers, lifeguards and sometimes locker facilities. Behind the beach you will often see high-rise cityscape and you will find plenty of seafood restaurants along the beach front as well as chiringuito beach […]

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To those who are mapping out a trip to the Philippines, Manila, being its capital city, would first come to mind. It is interesting to note that your visit will certainly surround the entire bailiwick of Metro Manila. This planned route might take you to the old-world Intramuros (which is in the city of Manila itself), home to Spanish-era landmarks like Fort Santiago, Manila Cathedral, San Agustin Church museum, Casa Manila museum with its horse-drawn carriages; to the collosal Mall of Asia and casinos of Resort World complex in Pasay, […]

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The first time I heard about Couchsurfing was when I visited LA back in 2007. While cruising through the steel and glass of LA’s concrete jungle in a car with David, a long-time friend of mine and the owner and editor of  Dave’s Travel Corner, we were hit with this crazy idea of crashing on strangers’ couches. Despite the discomfort of wrapping up in a sleeping bag on the cold living room floor, we had so much fun getting to know so many great people. It was an amazing experience. Only […]

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April 15, 2023) CAPE MAY, N.J. — Cape May MAC (Museums+Arts+Culture) offers nighttime climbs in 2023 at the Cape May Lighthouse, with Lighthouse Full Moon Climbs on select full moon dates, and Stairway to the Stars offered during select new moon dates. Follow the light of the full moon on up the 199 original, cast-iron spiral staircase steps to the top of the Cape May Lighthouse during the Lighthouse Full Moon Climbs. Enjoy a nighttime view of the surrounding area lit by the light of the full moon, nearly 156 […]

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Recently I was approached by Naked Nutrition to try another one of their products, the NAKED WHEY. This product is available in several flavors; I chose Lemonade (it is also available in flavors of fruit punch and grape). It comes in a 1.3 pound plastic container and contains 100% whey isolate powder. This product is lactose free, GMO free, gluten free and also soy free. There is no sugar added, however it tastes sweet from fermented cane sugar (Reb-M) the same molecular form that produces the sweet like sensation in […]

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Recently Naked Nutrition reached out to me to try several of their products including Naked Cookie and Naked Shake. One’s eyes and ears quickly perk up when hearing about a business who is so bold as to choose the word ‘naked’ for part of their company name. Catchy names aside, this name is true to their philosophy focusing on essential ingredients, avoiding unhealthy additives such as artificial sweeteners, flavors or coloring – in essence, hiding nothing. The roots of naked nutrition date back to 2014 when founder Steven Zieminski (former […]

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Go to hell. The phrase has lost its power through overuse. Unless, perhaps the phase “go to hell” was intended not as a threat, but as a travel recommendation. I should have taken the two demon statues directly outside Japan’s Noboribetsu station as a warning that the good times were indeed about to end. Instead, I was delighted. Clearly, the colorful demons were proof I was in the right place. I had made it to Hokkaido’s Noboribetsu, destined for Jigokudani, aka ”Hell Valley”. Generally, I would have preferred to walk […]

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Q. Introduce yourself to our readers. I’m Mike Corey, an Adventure Travel YouTuber and BBC Television Host, who helps people overcome their fears so they can travel the world. I have an online travel and lifestyle brand called Fearless & Far, not because I am fearless, but because I’ve built a life around doing the things that scare me most. Sound fun? Haha I’m a recovering scaredy-cat, and spent most of my life with a phobia of public speaking, now it’s my full-time career. A life of adventure and travel […]

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Vermont’s Stowe region embodies what comes to mind when envisioning a quintessential Green Mountain getaway. Beyond its renown as “ski capital of the east” surrounded by wide open meadows and working farms nestled among rolling mountains that rise up in every direction, this region is the epicenter of VT craft food producers ranging from household names like Cabot and Ben & Jerry’s to local favorites like Cold Hollow Cider Mill and Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea. Can’t miss eateries like Piecasso and The Bench are interspersed with a panoply of […]

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The Philippines holds the world’s most diverse ocean life hidden underneath the sea. Surrounded by white sand protecting the mesmerizing turquoise waters, Philippines’ amazing coastlines serve as a testimony to its divine nature, making it one of the most desired travel destinations all over the world. There are over 7000 islands in the Philippines with approximately 2000 of the islands being inhabited. Each island offers rich biodiversities such as mangroves, tropical rainforests, and world-renowned beaches.  If you’re planning to uncover the beauty of the Philippines’ beaches, here are four beaches […]

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Too vast. My eyes have nothing to rest on, sliding over rolling landscapes. With no point to hold my gaze, I’m afraid of tripping over the horizon. The road doesn’t look like it was designed to lead anywhere but merely to serve as a metaphorical symbol of the journey into the unknown. There isn’t much to know in the unknown, it seems. It looks unfinished and bare. Only in places the ground is covered with withered grasses, sometimes leafless shrubs. That’s about it. It’s been a while since we saw […]

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Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand stayed in my head days after I inhaled its poetry, its wild forest, its volcanic lake in a caldera, the slow, gentle rhythm of its longest river, Waikato and its multi-cultural people. The North Island floated in my landscape that wanted to hear its voice during fall. There I was introduced into the polyglot voices of the Pasifika experience of Karlo Mila, a poet who captures the essence of relationships both of the urban landscape and the island cultures that dot the South […]

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