Member Visits
Hello, new house…Goodbye, Chris
Date: June 2nd, 2003 |
Better late than never, we’ve decided to have a little shindig at the new BootsnAll HQ in Portland. We’d love to meet our new Portland neighbours and gather our old Eugene friends for the going away party that never happened.
For those who know us already, it’s also an opportunity to say goodbye to Chris. He [...]
Road Trip to Seattle
Date: April 16th, 2003 |
“Wanna see a Mariner’s game?”
“Sure.”
That was about the extent of the conversation and the planning that came before Sean and I left for Seattle on April 11th. We got the OK from Andy Walker to crash on his floor and we were off. Since it was a short trip and we needed to make good [...]
Aussie Anita
Date: March 17th, 2003 |
No sooner had Sean stepped out for a meeting when a BootsnAll member rang the bell. Anita is from Perth, and she’s been studying at Princeton, back on the East Coast in New Jersey.
[read more]Intern – Scott Churchill
Date: February 19th, 2003 |
After a long succession of female interns (don’t ask us why, no guys applied, with the exception of Drew), we’ve broken the cycle.
Ant and I received a visit from Scott Churchill on Saturday. Scott will be our intern for the Spring semester. He’s studying at Southern Oregon University and is excited about the prospect [...]
Meeting Jeanette Bergman
Date: February 17th, 2003 |
As fun as it is to meet members who come through Eugene, it’s also nice to get out of the office – and out of town – to go meet up with someone, somewhere. I just got to do that last week, when I Amtraked it up to the City of Rain and Fog to [...]
[read more]Andrew Walker
Date: January 31st, 2003 |
We first met Andrew when he came to crash at the BnA hostel back in August 2001. For some reason, I was very surprised to see him at the book event in Seattle, even though I knew he knew we were coming. After the event, Andrew spent some time talking to Jen Leo but I [...]
[read more]Martha Gies
Date: January 30th, 2003 |
While I was in Portland at the book reading in Powells, Martha came up to me an introduced herself. She told me she was one of our Mexico insiders. What a wonderful surprise!
She told me she really enjoyed being an insider and answered anywhere up to 4-5 questions per week. She travels to Veracruz every [...]
Pictures and Commentary on meeting Philip Blazdell
Date: January 2nd, 2003 |
Meeting Philip Blazdell
Nick updated this entry – maybe you didn’t see it – lots of pictures.
Elaine Knighton – BootsnAll member
Date: December 31st, 2002 |
Elaine Knighton medieval romance Harlequin author
Hi Sean,
I ran into Nick a couple times and got to say goodbye and good luck to him. Funny how there are certain people one bumps into over and over, but his being in Bali changes all that :-p
My book comes out July 3, and later in July I [...]
Meeting Philip
Date: December 30th, 2002 |
This evening I had the honor of getting together with Philip Blazdell, his father Frank and Naho from Japan. Philip has been one of BootsnAll’s most faithful contributors with his articles on Japan, Brasil and an array of other places.
I phoned him up earlier today and he told me he was [...]
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BootBlog is the company blog of the BootsnAll Travel Network, a company that has been connecting travellers since 1998. Our goal is to inspire, educate and cultivate an organic community of independent travellers. But what does that mean? Well, we love to travel and we love to connect other travellers who have the desire to get out and see this great world of ours. BootBlog will showcase what is going on around the office, around the company and within our community of travellers.Top Categories
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BootsnAll Travel Network is launching a Facebook application to connect travelers. Portland, Oregon June 21, 2010 -- BootsnAll Travel Network has created a Facebook application -- BootsnAll Traveler Connect -- that helps connect travelers. The app lets you find other travelers going to the same place you are, or connect with locals living there. Users can ask travel questions, arrange … [Read more]
Member Spotlight
It's been awhile since we had a BootsnAll member stop by the office. However, thank to a recent post on the message boards wondering where the Boots Crew were these days, we managed to arrange lunch with Bideshi, aka Mike (blue shirt below).
With a couple of stints working in South …
[Read more] Events
Awhile back I posted here about getting into the Boston Globe Travel Show for free. Turns out that was for the trade conference during the day on Friday Feb 19th, not the travel show for regular consumers like you and me that runs from the evening of Friday, February 19 to …
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