Guest Nomad: A Day in Macau

Jun 18, 2010 1 Comment by Andrew Hickey

Chris Christensen left his day job in January 2010 to focus on consulting, podcasting and blogging including his popular Amateur Traveler and This Week in Travel podcasts. Chris had been the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for LiveWorld in Silicon Valley that runs online communities for companies like Marriott, American Express, eBay, Campbells, [...]

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Guest Nomad: Buenos Aires – Paris at the Cost of Pesos

Jun 04, 2010 No Comments by Andrew Hickey

This week’s “Guest Nomad” is Marcello Arrambide. An addicted globetrotter, Marcello got tired of spending one or two weeks travelling around the world.  Looking for a way out he started Day Trading in the stock market to allow him to work anywhere in the world.  He has lived in three different continents and his current project is [...]

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Guest Nomad: ‘My Very Own Bangkok Dangerous’

May 28, 2010 4 Comments by Andrew Hickey

Jodi Ettenberg is a former lawyer, marshmallow enthusiast, volcano climber and world traveler. Originally from Montreal, she worked as a lawyer in NYC  to save up for a serious nomadic adventure. She quit her job on April 1, 2008 and has been eating her way around the world ever since. Following 6 weeks in Burma, [...]

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Travel Blog Rewind: What I’ve Been Reading Online

May 25, 2010 11 Comments

With 3,402,493 travel blogs online (that number is accurate, no need to double check), it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming and time consuming to check each and site out. So each week I will provide you with a little “Travel Blog Rewind” of what I thought was worthy of passing on to you. Read [...]

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One Year Anniversary…

Mar 01, 2010 13 Comments

While I have been blogging for more than a year now, it was not until one year ago this week that “TheBrooklynNomad.com” officially was launched. After tinkering around with a pretty embarrassing looking blog by today’s standards on Yahoo site builder, I moved over to blog spot in February 2009. About three days later I [...]

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Guest Nomad: Festivals for Pyromaniacs

Jan 12, 2010 2 Comments

This week’s “Guest Nomad” is  Lauren Girardin. Lauren recently traveled around the world, sharing stories, photography, and original artwork on Ephemerratic along with Todd Berman, an artist and nomadic educator. When Lauren isn’t traveling, she uses her marketing and communications, web design, storytelling, and strategic planning skills for good causes. You can follow Lauren and [...]

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