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Travel Guides – Do You Have a Favorite?

May 1, 2013 by Erica Mena

So in the past few years I’ve done some pretty wonderful travel, thanks to some great opportunities and my amazing husband. This year we’ve been in the process of a huge transition, and though things are finally coming together and we’ll be moving into our more-permanent apartment in June, the thought of planning and taking a big trip (much less applying for research funding, etc.) has not been overly appealing. For the first summer in my academic career, we’re staying […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: eyewitness, fodors, frommers, lonely planet, moon, travel, travel guide comparison

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Books and Unicorns in Seattle

March 24, 2011 by Erica Mena

I just got back from a week-long trip to Seattle, perfectly timed to completely miss the awesome indie publisher festival that’s going on there right now. Sigh. But the purpose was visiting family, and that was fulfilled. Strangely, at least once a day I happened upon a unicorn. The first day it was wandering up to the new location (well, new since I was there last, two years ago) for Elliott Bay Books. After popping in there, drooling over their […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Elliott Bay Books, Pilot Books, Seattle, travel, unicorns

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Travel Report: Books from Puerto Rico

January 27, 2011 by Erica Mena

I just returned from several weeks of travel which took me to three major Latino Caribbean cities: New York, San Juan and Santo Domingo (in order of travel, not importance). Part of the trip was to visit family and introduce my husband to the tradition of the Tres Reyes Fiesta (kind of a big deal for my family in Puerto Rico). Part of the trip was funded by a generous grant from the University of Iowa Study Abroad Office to support my […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: poetry, Puerto Rico, travel

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