While traveling with fellow journalists several years ago in the Middle East, one thing became apparent to me: most of the writers on the trip had food issues. One writer claimed she could only eat gluten-free food; another writer ate only kosher foods while a third was an orthodox vegan. […]
Thom Nickels: A Puritan’s Nightmare in Paradise
For years now I have heard stories about Key West. Key West, after all, is the land of Tennessee Williams and Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway, in fact, called Key West “the St. Tropez of the Poor.” I finally made it to Key West and saw for myself the mythic party land […]
Thom Nickels: A trip to the top of the world
Notes from a visit to Finland in winter.
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: The city of Mozart
Traveling in Vienna and beyond in the last year before the pandemic.
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: Health and wellness in the Holy Land
Seeing the new and the old in Israel.
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: An American in Florence
Recalling the sights and sounds of one of Europe’s great Renaissance cities.
By Thom Nickels
Christine Flowers: A conservative abroad
Conversation with Italians reveals how others see America — and the brokenness of our politics.
By Christine Flowers