In the interest of educating potential travelers and geography nerds alike, I’m sharing my experiences of living in Europe as a kind of “Here’s what someone ought to tell you” thing. Obviously, guide books aplenty have been written in this vein, and everyone claims to tell you the things that the other guide books won’t tell you, but all of those people are lying and I’m not. So without further ado, here are seven things you should know about Monaco: 1) It’s tiny. You already know this, but it’s really tiny. You can walk across the entire country in an…
Author: Kevin Nye
Kevin Nye
Kevin Nye grew up near Cleveland, was educated at Ohio University and was re-educated by living in Chicago and doing improv and sketch comedy. He is a triple threat of mediocrity.
A wise writer has said that Italians should have never been introduced to the automobile because they’re so horrendous behind the wheels of them. I would like to share my input, which deals with all types of Milanese transportation. Milanese people should have never been introduced to the bicycle. If they’d never been introduced to the bicycle, maybe the scooter/moped/motorcycle would have never been introduced either, and between those things, you have the single worst thing about Milanese existence. I talk a big game sometimes, but I’ve never actually been a violent person. Milanese bikers have made me want to…
Hi, Craig? Hey, if you have a minute, I was just hoping I could talk to you. No, it’s not about the staff meeting being moved, I figured everyone got the email. No, I’m not skipping today – that would be irresponsible. It’s something different. I’m serious, it’s not about the meeting, stop laughing. No one is going to think that joke would be funny. Look, Craig, it’s about your computer. Some of us in the marketing department were talking about it and we’re just…well, there are some concerns. No, that’s gross. No one found any – wait, don’t say…
As I climbed aboard a crowded Megabus, prepared to make the trek from Cleveland to Chicago, I found myself in the unusual position of sitting on the lower level. Furthermore, I was in the face-to-face section, so I was sharing a table with two strangers across from me, just like eating at a diner booth. Across the table were two women of Chinese descent – one about 50 years old and her mother, presumably in her 70s or early 80s. The mother lived part of her life in China and was a native speaker who didn’t know much English, but…