Posts by: AbandontheCube
ATC Website Redesign 2013
That’s right. We’ve done it again. This is the third reincarnation of ATC. Ah, from its humble beginning as a Dreamweaver site...
Airlines and Luggage Nightmares
I have a trip to Cancun coming up. I haven’t flown in a while and I’m really sick of how airlines are trying to make an extra...
Explore More And Pay Less – Go Camping!
There’s no point abandoning your cubicle like our famous adventurists if you’re just going to spend your time in hotels. It’s great...
Travling Cash
One of the number one reasons we hear that people don’t abandon their cubicles and travel is a lack of money. One tip for managing...
What to Do When Stuck in an Airport? Go Online!
If you are a regular traveler, you know that it is almost unavoidable to be stuck in an airport. Either you have a long layover or your...
American Consumer
Back in the states I’m always amazed at how often I find myself at the store. I feel there is always something I “need”...
American sanity checkup
Today I read in the news that “Spring Breakers” earned $270,000 in just three theaters, (that’s $90k a theater, folks). Having seen...
Winston Salem, North Carolina — Our New Home
We moved to North Carolina! Yup, we’re staying in the ol’ US of A for a while and have settled in a second-tier city on the...
How to Dehydrate Apples
In Washington we stayed at a small orchard where we were lucky enough, even in early November, to find amazing apples still on the leafless...
The Skinny Bitch Diet, our 30-Day Attempt
We have several friends who are vegetarian. Having always silently contemplated whether they were truly sane to have given up meat, we...
An American Road Trip, the Highlights
We recently did a massive road trip across the motherland of America. Here are the absolute highlights for over a month on the road. Bear...
Washington, the un-Sunshine State
Of course the moment we hit I-5 and headed North we were struck by the most amazing rain storm. This only gives credit to the rumor that it...
Go West, Young Man, Towards Geography
Between Grand Junction, CO and the beautiful Columbia River Highway in OR there is basically nothing but a litter box. That’s harsh....
Merry Christmas from ATC
Merry Christmas one and all, We’re thrilled to have you as a reader of our humble travel blog. Thank you for your readership over the...
Rocky Mountain High in Colorado
Yes, that was a pun because pot was legalized in Colorado a week before we dropped by. Did we partake? No we didn’t. But it’s still a...
Seeing Oklahoma! And being in Oklahoma
One of our last days in Beijing was spent seeing Oklahoma! A good friend of ours was playing the role of Jud Fry. He was a masterful...
Little Rock, Arkansas and the Bill Clinton Presidential Library
Regardless of your political views, the presidential libraries are an amazing asset to our country, and they offer a very biased view of...
Al Green says “Hello Chicago” to Abandon the Cube
By Al Green we do in fact mean the amazing, talented and smooth creator of “Let’s Stay Together” and “Love and Happiness.” He is...
Nashville, Tennessee– home of American Country Music
Arriving in Nashville is like driving into a time warp. The downtown area is crowded with hole-in-the-wall bars where musicians are playing...
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem isn’t a hotbed of tourism, and that’s great because it’s a well kept secret. It’s only a few hours to the mountains...
Washington DC on a Sunday
One of the best times to see DC is on a Sunday. Especially on a Sunday when there isn’t a big activity downtown. Here’s how we saw DC....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- Birthplace of the Constitution
Being surrounded by history isn’t something we’re new to. We’ve lived in China’s historic hutong alleys for the past few years. But...
…and Now I’ve Been to Boston in the Fall
We decided to head to Boston to see do the freedom trail. This is a fairly short walk through all the major landmarks in Boston related to...
Top Sights in New Hampshire
Okay, so we’re not sure what the top sights in New Hampshire really are, but we’d be happy to tell you what we saw! Mount Washington...
Road Trip New York and New Hampshire
Leaving Niagra Falls, we headed into New York on the I-90. For those who don’t know New York, like we didn’t, I-90 is a toll road. We...
