1. Stoked for David Page, who won a Lowell Thomas award.

2. Stoked for Hal Amen, who wrote what’s in his head.

3. Wondering about this blog “Travel Blogging vs. Travel Writing.” Wondering in general about comparisons like this. Wondering in general about a conference (an ‘expo’) where people get together in rooms in Las Vegas to talk about this. I have no real ‘takeaway’. Only two things noted really, Arndt’s primary differentiation between travel writers and bloggers is “where your money comes from,” and the post was written in “a Las Vegas McDonalds.”

4. Stoked on Oaxaca and the Many Layers of Travel by Sarah Menkedick.