by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2015 | Letter from the Editor, Winter 2015
Still jetlagged from my flight home from Paris, I sat down on the couch to read a book. My five-year-old brother, Jason, quickly crawled into my lap and opened up a thin purple book he had checked out from the library. It was titled Miss Rumphius.I began reading about...
by Stowaway Magazine | Oct 1, 2014 | Fall 2014, Letter from the Editor
Often when we learn about other cultures through travel or some other means, we see it as an opportunity to learn about someone or something not within our previous realm of experience. However, as I’ve experienced different cultures through learning and performing...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2014 | Letter from the Editor, Summer 2014
On a clear July morning, a few of my closest friends and I left our hotel in Budapest, Hungary, in search of an adventure. We made our way across the Danube River and continued to Castle Hill, where we hunted down the unassuming sign marking the entry to the Labyrinth...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Letter from the Editor, Recent Articles, Winter 2014
A couple of years ago, my roommates and I hopped in the car and drove from Provo, Utah, to Zion National Park for Labor Day weekend. On a shuttle from the parking lot to the trailhead, I heard this announcement over the loudspeaker: “Angels Landing is an extremely...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 12, 2013 | Letter from the Editor, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: traveling wasn’t always my thing. The times I have enjoyed traveling most are always associated with home in some way: playing red rover under the tall palm trees in my great-grandma’s front yard in California; taking a road...
by Stowaway Magazine | Oct 8, 2013 | Fall 2013, Letter from the Editor
I grew up in a tourist trap, surrounded on every side by meccas for the traveler. From the front door of my childhood home, you can drive 40 minutes in any direction and end up in one of America’s must-see locations: the Golden Gate Bridge, the vineyards of Napa...