One of my favorite parts about traveling is having extra time to read interesting books. When I travel, I usually try to pick at least one book that is relevant to where I am going to be. I read some great books in July and all but one of them were fiction. The White Tiger(review), [...]
Entries from August 2009
July Book Reviews
August 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags:Book Reviews
Travelogue: Ireland
August 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Travel
Note: I took a two week trip to Ireland, the Netherlands and England. This post is the first in a short series about where I went, along with observations about how Europe and the UK compare to the US. My friend Pat and I left from Chicago and flew into Shannon, a town that is [...]
Tags:Political Science & Economics·Travel
Giving Anonymously
August 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Entrepreneurship
After a three week hiatus, I’m back to blogging. I just got back from an amazing three weeks traveling in Europe, followed by one of my best friend’s wedding. I’ll have a few posts about where I went and some observations about the contrasts between Europe, the UK and the United States, but first, I [...]