Category Archives: Travel

Up North

Posted on May 13, 2012 by LaDale Winling

This weekend I stole my wife from her lecture preparations and headed the rental car up north. Northern Michigan to Sault Sainte Marie, to be exact. My grandfather celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday and his kids arranged a surprise … Continue reading →

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Getting Back

Posted on December 3, 2011 by LaDale Winling

There’s just a few weeks left in our European trip. We have traveled to many great sites and stayed in some wonderful places. But since we’re heading back to the States, I’m thinking about what I have missed most and … Continue reading →

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My Soundtrack

Posted on September 9, 2011 by LaDale Winling

If I could, I’d make this the soundtrack to my summer every year. The open air market in Syracuse, Sicily. Greg Hise once suggested to me the greatest change in urban history brought about by the rise of digital technology … Continue reading →

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Find the Shade

Posted on June 16, 2011 by LaDale Winling

Prior to starting my position at Virginia Tech, I will be living in Italy and England for the next 6 months. I am very fortunate to have this wonderful opportunity and this period will not only provide me with material … Continue reading →

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The Death of Digital

Posted on March 4, 2009 by LaDale Winling

I’m taking a whirlwind trip including Paris and Marrakech, Morocco, and I’m only taking film. Sound crazy? We’ll see. I’ve got a new old camera in anticipation of the trip and will have about a dozen rolls of b/w and … Continue reading →

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Fall

Posted on October 6, 2008 by LaDale Winling

The first weekend in October may be my absolute favorite time of year. It’s the time that Golden Delicious apples are ripe for u–pick. My wife and I took a brief apple picking detour in my light speed trip back … Continue reading →

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Questioning Economic Development

Posted on January 24, 2008 by urbanoasis

I still haven’t put together my theory or at least thoughts on a better evaluation of economic development, which I promised last summer. Based on my travels in the Mediterranean (which I will hopefully revisit this fall), there is a … Continue reading →

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Traveling to Chicago

Posted on November 4, 2007 by urbanoasis

The New York Times offered a profile of the city yesterday which was actually pretty crappy. Don’t get me started on how bad the video is. Any trip to Chicago almost by definition starts and centers on the Loop, and … Continue reading →

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London Calling

Posted on July 2, 2007 by urbanoasis

I got in the night of the car bombing scare and met some Scot relatives the day after the Glasgow incident. New PM Gordon Brown is promising a battle royale but, from what I can tell, not much change on … Continue reading →

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Back from the brink

Posted on April 12, 2005 by urbanoasis

Last night I returned from a conference in Vancouver, BC, location of the continent’s highest residential density. Vancouver has long been known as a “terminal city,” owing to its location at the end of the Canada Pacific rail lines, as … Continue reading →

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