by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Culture, Eats, Winter 2014
Rich, savory smells of slow-cooking meats waft to meet your nose at the restaurant’s door. The smell seems as foreign as the waving golden cat that keeps guard from atop the front counter. Rows of tanks filled with live fish and crawling lobsters decorate the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Away For A Weekend, Winter 2014
San Francisco is known for landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. But did you know that it is also home to moving landmarks? Street performers, known as “buskers,” are scattered all over the city and have been entertaining natives and tourists...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Culture, Eats, Winter 2014
When California resident Chuck Samonsky decided to try Salt & Straw, a small-batch, handmade ice cream shop in Portland, Oregon, he got a little more than he bargained for—but in a good way. “Close your eyes and imagine holding in your hand a very large waffle...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Field Notes, Recent Articles, Service, Winter 2014
In 2012, 22-year-old Moroni Jesus Ramos Olague lived on the streets of Mexico City. His head was filled with dreams of one day studying in the United States. He was a skilled young man—he had graduated from high school at age 17 and had completed a course on computers...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Staff Essay, Winter 2014
Enveloped by the lush greenery all around, I couldn’t tear my eyes from the sheer mountain slopes above and below the one-lane dirt road beneath our van. At the bottom of the deep chasm dropping away to our right, the grand Urubamba River swiftly swirled. In every...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Banner, Features, Winter 2014
On February 7, the chilled air in Sochi, Russia, will crackle with excitement as thousands of people cram into the Fisht Olympic Stadium, cameras glinting like a school of fish in an ocean of bodies. Tweets and texts in a myriad of languages will fly to destinations...
