by Robin Sparks | Sep 7, 2005 | Blog
September 18, 2005 Fortaleza, Brazil I did my traditional foreign country beauty shop visit today. It’s the best way to get the pulse of a place and a cheap hair cut. I’d asked Francesca to take me to the best salon in Fortaleza, but here we were pulling...
by Robin Sparks | Sep 6, 2005 | Blog
Sept. 16, 2005 On a plane out of Rio de Janeiro, headed to Fortaleza, Brazil A few hours after saying goodbye to my son before he boarded a bus in Rio, I was on a GOL plane headed to Northeastern Brazil. A debonnaire Brazilian man I’d met and spoken to briefly...
by Robin Sparks | Aug 15, 2005 | Blog
My mom and dad are selling their mountain home to move back to the Bay Area – close to health care and their children. Real estate is a strange animal – it’s value has little to do with the actual property, and everything to do with current trends...
by Robin Sparks | Aug 4, 2005 | Blog, Workshops
June 3-10, 2006 The Coast of Turkey by Yacht! Calling all moms, daughters, grandmothers, and granddaughters – new and old girlfriends… Take the journey of your life with the ones you love the most… Led by travel writer, Robin Sparks, our group of...
by Robin Sparks | Jun 23, 2005 | Blog
Photo of friends and me (on the left) in San Francisco. I HAVE A TICKET to fly to Bali in 8 days. I will not be on that plane. I’m on a journey that has led to peace in my family, new beginnings with the kind of people that drew me to San Francisco in the first...
by Robin Sparks | May 31, 2005 | Blog
“Candles for Burma” Campaign Lets Supporters Send Birthday Greetings to World’s Only Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Winner. Copyright 2005 Ethical Traveler (San Francisco, CA) Ethical Traveler and the Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) have...
