Boy in Bushwick

I first met Charles Nolan in the Fire Island Pines on July 4, 2005, during the annual Invasion. I was wearing a very cheap lavender lace dr...

My latest trip to Boston did not feature a blizzard-induced transportation meltdown, but the deep snow pack certainly reminded me why I shou...

The ongoing anti-Hosni Mubarak protests in Egypt and to a somewhat lesser extent Ugandan gay activist David Kato's murder have made he...

Another snowstorm has altered this winter-weary writer's travel plans, but the free wifi at Amtrak's passenger lounge here at Penn S...

Suffolk County officials announced earlier today they have identified three women whose remains were found on Gilgo Beach last month. Author...

Originally written while sitting on the terrace of our room at Medio Mundo in Algarrobo around 9:10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 17. The sun has lar...

Less than two weeks after Jared L. Loughner allegedly shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords [D-Ariz.] in the head outside a Tucson supermark...

El Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos in Santiago provides a stark and sobering reminder of Chile’s not so distant past. General Aug...

El Club Social is the center of Santa Cruz´s gastronomical world. Tortillas de porotos verdes (green bean omelettes,) empanadas de queso (...

One can literally describe Valparaíso as a city on the edge. Ascensores (elevators) transport visitors and residents alike from el Plan int...

Cafés are certainly a great place to soak up a particular city´s street life, and Buonaroma Café near the Tobalaba Metro station is as good ...

I can hear jackhammers and traffic in the distance as I write this blog, but Calle Helvecia is quiet on this sunny Saturday morning here in ...

A quick note to let everyone know I leave for Chile tonight. I will return to New York on Tuesday, Jan. 18, but I plan to post pictures and ...

Is Chile poised to extend legal protections to same-sex couples? Members of a right-wing political party have reportedly acknowledged same-...

Happy 2011! The snow has begun to melt here in Bushwick, but the city's sanitation crews only resumed garbage pick-up earlier this morn...

Started writing at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 28, while on Amtrak train 175 as it passed through Rahway, N.J., en route to Washington, D.C. ...

I truly never thought I would see the day when a woman would threaten to pull a knife on someone at the South Station bus terminal, but this...

While the South End slowly begins to dig out, the blizzard that has buried Boston under more than a foot of snow continues to rage. A storm ...

I will probably remain here in Boston through Tuesday morning, but the blizzard has certainly made its presence known. Here are some vid...

The latest snowpocalypse that has already paralyzed travel throughout the Northeast has caused this writer to become something of a snow ref...