by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Escapades, Insider, Winter 2013
A box of chocolates is not the only way to impress your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day or any other day. That’s just plain boring! Look at these getaways that are perfectly tailored to fit your style as a couple. They will be sure to win you some major brownie points...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Insider, Staff Essay, Winter 2013
I sit writing in the tube somewhere in the depths of London Underground. It’s not until I put my pen and black notebook down—black ink stained on my pinky finger—that I really look at the people sitting around me. It is after nine at night, so the normal working crowd...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Insider, Parting shot, Winter 2013
Visitors quietly roam the grounds of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Photo by Tracee Tibbitts
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Field Notes, Tales From The Trip, Winter 2013
Language Barriers “Let them eat cake,” said Marie Antoinette—except she never actually said that. And even if she had, she wouldn’t have used the word gateaux, which is the French translation of the English cake. The correct saying is, Qu’ils mangent de la brioche. ...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Arts, Culture, Winter 2013
In the classic film Mary Poppins, street artist Bert teaches Jane and Michael the secret of traveling to wondrous places via his whimsical chalk drawings: You think, you wink, you do a double blink, you close your eyes, and you jump! For centuries, artists...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Arts, Culture, Winter 2013
It’s another cold January morning in Copenhagen. The snow is partly melted, outlining the rectangular bricks along the curving streets. A man and a woman stand with their bikes on the corner of a busy intersection with the statue of Danish King Frederik...