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Us, Elsewhere on the Internet Traveler Resources- BootsnAll Travel - Resources for the independent traveler including a thorough list of round-the-world travel tips and high quality discussion forums.
- CouchSurfing - A social network of people seeking to create worldwide cross-cultural connections by making their couches available to travelers, and staying on strangers' couches during their own travels.
- Hotels Combined - Free search engine for you to scout out the best hotel deals online. How did we ever find hotels without it?
- Lonely Planet - This travel book publisher's site is a great first stop for basic information about all your possible destinations.
- Zicasso - Aims to ease the pain of trip planning. Lauren knows the founders and can vouch for their passion. The Wall Street Journal thinks they're pretty hot too.
- Everything-Everywhere - a very prolific travel blogger
Travel Writing by Friends Met on the Road
- As Is' Blog - We ran into Aziz in Laos, first outside a cave in Vang Vieng, then on the crowded streets of Luang Prabang, then again in Cambodia when we saw him monkey hunting from the back of a moto in Angkor. The blog is in French, so use Babel Fish or your friend Pierre to translate, or just revel in Aziz's gorgeous photography.
- Flatnose in China - A friend of a friend in Chengdu, Mark is one hell of a blogger and traveler. Check his other site, Couchsurfing Iran, for his truly unique couchsurfing experience.
- Not Another Tourist - Denice and Ryan generously spent precious big-city time with us in Seoul on Buddha's Birthday. Lots of writing about living the life of an English teacher in a small Korean town.
- Zac and Cara, "Why do you want to go to Turkey?" - We met this couple in Pamukkale, Turkey and spent the day scrambling around the white travertines and Heiropolis with them. They were a great combination of adventure, foodie-ism, and goofy wit.
- ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal - Joe was our guide for an amazing four hour lunch of hot grilled meat and iced noodle soup in Seoul.
We Don't Know You, But We Like Your Blog Our Friends and Family - The Tranquilo Traveler by Joshua Berman - Award-winning author of the best books for traveling
 and living in Nicaragua. He's a writer, editor, trip leader and Todd's brother. - Randall Wood - About the nexus of travel, economic development, and technology with an enchanting tour of Morocco.
- Dr. Christine "Crissy" Huffard - Marine biologist specializing in the biology and behavior of cephalopods, famous for discovering the erotic life of octopuses (not "octopi" she'll have you know) as well as the much animated "Walktopus."
- Jeff Greenwald - Travel author and monologist, his book, The Size of the World, reminds you that no matter how awful your bus ride was, his trip across the Black Sea was much, much worse.
- Wendy Magazine - Get confused by two women, both named Wendy.
- Squink Industries - Lori Bode's handmade designs and eco-friendly wearables.
- Tate Hausman: Democracy 2.0 - Oooh! Oooh! Democracy is HOT!!
- Truckin with Rob and Carley - A good read whether you're headed for Guatemala or Tupelo, Mississippi.
- Doug in Sri Lanka: Blogging from Serendib - After ants ate some electrical connections out from his cell phone in Sri Lanka, Doug repaired the phone with a gum wrapper. The saying goes, "If Google doesn't know, Doug will."
- Refreshingly Stupid: Dumb Thoughts and Stupid Adventures by Eric S - Also known as "The Baron" from our adventures in Spain. He's a cranky bastard on his blog, but is funny when in rant mode.
- Green Gizmo - Lauren's siblings, Brian and Mike, along with friends Adam and Biiiillllly work until 8 a.m. to make your company's website and product advertising look hot (the semi-dressed airbrushed models help).
- 13 Bloodlines and Hatred for All - Lauren's brother Brian is a fierce death metal drummer, and these are some of his bands. Caution: your ears might bleed if you listen. Consider yourself warned.
- Ben Chun - Teacher, DJ, designer, techie, photographer and fire artist.
- Free Range Studios - Jonah and Louis churn out viral goodies like The Meatrix and Store Wars.
- Ze Frank - Bad Ze, distracting me from getting shit done! Creator of the earth sandwich, The Show, speedracers and Lauren's favorite, rockout.
- Organized Chaos Events - Constance Adamopoulos, divine event planner.
- Rhode Island Party - hosted by the artist formerly known as Mike, the blog is .05% as fun as the party
- Santa Rosa Nutrition - Fabulous nutrition counselor, James Burke, MS, RD.
- Hand Maiden Soaps - Jessica's handmade soaps are so wonderful, that Todd's mom gave away the bars that Jessica gave to us as a hitchin' gift.
- Bermonologue - The blog of cousin David Berman, a South Carolina beat reporter.
Things Lauren Used to Build This Website- Joomla - Open source good.
- Firefox - Microsoft bad. IE6 must die.
- Flickr - All the rage with the cool kids.
- Taylor Made Coffee - Not only is it fair trade, organic and shade-grown, this coffee is made from "heirloom cultivars" on family farms and we buy it from at-risk teens at our locally-owned neighborhood pie shop. Yes, it makes our farts smell like rainbows.
A Few (ok, a LOT) of Our Favorite Things- Obama - If he's half as good as we hope he'll be, 2009 will be a great year. It can only get better, right?
- San Francisco Tenants Union - fighting for your rights so you too can barely afford to live in San Francisco.
- Rent Control - The only reason we were able to continue to live in SF during the dot-com boom, and currently the only reason our friends who have lost their jobs can afford to stay in the city.
- Pierre Valley Neighborhood Organization - "Where neighbors are friends and friends are neighbors!"
- Burning Man - Home of Yum Camp's Taste Wagon (reborn as the Yum Cart), Prophe-see T.V. and The Society's The Perambulator.
- Black Rock Arts Foundation - Bringing art back from the playa into the real world.
- San Francisco Bicycle Coalition - We credit not owning a car as one of the main reasons we can afford our round the world trip. Become a member of the Bike Coalition, get your ass on your bike, and save for your own travels.
- Carrot Mob - Organizing people to reward businesses that do good things, kinda like a reverse boycott.
- Full Circle Fund - Empowering business people to give back in a big way. Lauren helped build this place from the ground up.
- Young Nonprofit Professionals Network - YNPN supports the most inspiring do-gooders in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Become a member and make your boss pay the membership fee as part of your professional development.
- Galileo High School - Where Todd served as substitute-teacher-artist before our travels. Check out the blog for the Library, where Todd was a permanent sub during the 2007-2008 school year.
- Burritos - Oh how we'll miss thee.
- Roach - The most rockin' of 80s rock bands from upper Manitoba.
- Mission Greenbelt Project - Greenifying the Mission with urban earth artwork.
- Frank Chu - The most fabulous eccentric in San Francisco. He's everywhere.
- BoingBoing - Dork out.
- Pandora - Discover music you didn't know you like.
- Facebook - Hush, you know you like it too.
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