Tag Archives: Airbnb

Who I’m sleeping with tonight

Posted on August 5, 2014 by planetlippstone

Meet Konica, proprietress of an art gallery in St. Petersburg, Florida. It’s my digs for the next couple days while I continue The Great Condo Search. One of the neatest lodging experiences I’ve ever had. Back with the scoop (as … Continue reading →

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My only bad experience with lodging giant Airbnb

Posted on May 18, 2014 by planetlippstone

Ever since I was a minnow growing up at the Jersey Shore in Springsteen’s old stomping grounds, I fantasized about living on a boat. When I worked in TV news in L.A. and lived in a box of a studio … Continue reading →

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You, too, can stay on a houseboat in Paris

Posted on December 12, 2013 by planetlippstone

With apologies to Andy Samberg, I’m on a boat. A houseboat, in fact, in the middle of the Seine River in Paris. Here’s the view of the National Assembly and the Eiffel Tower from the deck. No kidding. Another view from … Continue reading →

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Morocco: A meal almost worth dying for

Posted on December 9, 2013 by planetlippstone

After a deep sleep in a dream of a place, I’m back. In Fes, Morocco. Writing with the sound of evening Islamic prayers drifting through the partially open-air roof of the place I’m staying at. In December. Yep.  No central heating. I’m … Continue reading →

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