Category Archives: Travel

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    • OMG BBQ

    By Frank Paynter | Published: September 10, 2024

    I’m going to Orlando to blog the AARP convention, Orlando@50+ What an honor! I’m one of three people who were selected to blog the event. AARP will pick up my travel expenses, supply me with press credentials and a Flip camera, et voila! Le country boy becomes, for the weekend of September 30 through October [...]

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    tbex

    By Frank Paynter | Published: July 24, 2024

    Travel writers are gathering in Chicago this weekend under the aegis of #tbex (yeah, that’s a twitter hashtag), the Travel Bloggers Exchange. Not coincidentally, the BlogHer 09 conference is in Chicago this weekend too. Both events are sold out. #tbex founder Kim Mance and the tbex team will gather the travel bloggers again this fall [...]

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    Surf’s up!

    By Frank Paynter | Published: April 24, 2024

    There’s an onomatopoetic resonance to “Platboom.” It sounds just like surf to me. Mike Golby—photographer, blogger, writer, and surfer—has some amazing pictures at his travel blog, “Cape Point Reserve.” You can find a more complete set of Mike’s breathtaking photography here at Zoopy. And of course there’s a facebook group. Mike’s been building the Cape [...]

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    Free High Speed Internet Access

    By Frank Paynter | Published: March 28, 2024

    Been on the road for the last week or more and I’m home now, reflecting on the hospitality industry’s provision of network access. It was a vacation we needed. I didn’t know how much I needed to get away until, sitting in the Madison airport looking for a wifi signal and waiting for our flight [...]

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