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Filming the Process
I have hours of footage from previous interviews that I am slowly working through. I love it. I am also balancing trying to have longform...
StreetViewVagabond
Jan 9, 20222 min read


The Remarkableness of Context: Lessons from Butcoin, Traffic Bun, Kili Paul & Neema and Gurdeep
While recently exploring the world on Google's Street View, I came across a coffee shop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that grabbed my...
StreetViewVagabond
Jan 2, 20223 min read


Streetview Fiction #2: Flavor Wolf - Lima, Peru
Sitting in the back seat I can feel every bump, divot and rock on this unpaved road. I am 6 inches above the back wheel, 12 inches off...
StreetViewVagabond
Nov 9, 20212 min read


Streetview Fiction #1: Road Food - Askim, Norway
I was really hungry. We were only an hour outside of Oslo with 3 more to go. As she rolled into a parking space, she told me to go into...
StreetViewVagabond
Nov 8, 20211 min read


My Strategicless Approach
I just had a new idea today and it was inspired by my actions not my plans. I've always been someone who has valued a well-designed plan...
StreetViewVagabond
Oct 10, 20213 min read


Best of Global Radio Tastings: September 2021
Each weekday for the past five weeks, I have produced a Radio Tastings video (entitled Global Sound Check for the first four weeks). I...
StreetViewVagabond
Oct 3, 20215 min read


Ghanaian Food in Driving Distance
After interviewing Habiba from Wa, Ghana (see video here), I got to thinking that I should try cooking some of the dishes that she talked...
StreetViewVagabond
Aug 7, 20211 min read


Episode 2: Wa, Ghana
I have edited my first interview with Habiba, my newest friend from Wa, Ghana. I have uploaded our interview to Youtube and the 12 minute...
StreetViewVagabond
Jul 5, 20211 min read


Wa, Ghana: First Impressions
My next destination is Wa which is in the northern region of Ghana not too far from the Burkina Faso border. I chose Wa because it is not...
StreetViewVagabond
May 30, 20214 min read


Untravel Essential #4: Connection
This is the fourth blog in which I am laying out the essentials of "untravel" to help frame my approach for Streetview Vagabond. I have...
StreetViewVagabond
May 23, 20214 min read


Untravel Essential #3: Internet Radio
I signed up to study abroad for a summer in France in 1990. I wanted to do everything possible to prepare for it which meant honing my...
StreetViewVagabond
May 16, 20215 min read


Untravel Essential #2: Food
Food is culture. I started to understand this early in my life thanks to my dad's 3 week study tour of China in 1983. He returned with...
StreetViewVagabond
May 9, 20215 min read


Untravel Essential #1: Street View
I doubt I will ever go to Dongguan, China. I am sure that it would be a great destination if I were traveling near there. I mean, it's...
StreetViewVagabond
May 2, 20215 min read


Episode 1 Video: Ushuaia
This is a quick posting to share that I uploaded my interview with Farid Monti to Youtube. It is a 10 minute video that highlights the...
StreetViewVagabond
Apr 27, 20211 min read


Ushuaia Argentina
I am not sure why I ended up in Ushuaia but I think I was thinking about extremes. So I looked at the map and thought about what is the...
StreetViewVagabond
Mar 22, 20213 min read


First Interview! Ham balls in Menlo!
This is an amazing addition to my posting about Menlo, Iowa. As I was doing my streetview visit to Menlo, I came across the Menlo Café...
StreetViewVagabond
Mar 13, 20203 min read


Try Again: Menlo, Iowa
I started this blog in 2018 and highlighted a random town in Uruguay. It was so random and I didn't think it was worth pursuing or...
StreetViewVagabond
Feb 23, 20202 min read


The Art of the Meander: Uruguay
This is the first entry in which I share my obsession with exploring the world and using Google Maps. I just pick a random spot and walk...
StreetViewVagabond
Aug 5, 20182 min read
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