Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast

On this week’s episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan each share 3 travel-related New Year’s resolutions in reverse order of ambition. Plus, an analysis of a new Rick Steves’s interview about the Great Europeans Outdoors!

Things we talked about in today’s podcast:

“How Rick Steves Got Hooked on Hiking” in Outside Magazine

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/hiking-and-backpacking/rick-steves-hiking-mont-blanc/

National capitals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_capitals

New River Gorge

https://www.nps.gov/neri/index.htm

Jonglez “Secret” guides

https://jonglezpublishing.com/product-category/secret-guides/

“Unsettling Truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker” in WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/unsettling-truth-mostly-harmless-hiker/

“Pompeii Still Has Buried Secrets” in the New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/29/pompeii-still-has-buried-secrets?source=search_google_dsa_paid&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_c-OBhDFARIsAIFg3exm9hMVCb-4PWiMylwJ7nVJjve_WwCEnq5nJ5lRchfjrZOdadO59YwaAn8gEALw_wcB

On this week’s episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan share their top picks for the best museums, monuments, restaurants, bars, and activities in Washington DC. Plus, you’ll get to hear why Kiernan used to always fall asleep in DC thinking about Ryan’s history of sordid escapades.

Things we talked about in today’s podcast:

Rick Steves stands up to Russiahttps://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/rick-steves-cancels-russia-tours-ukraine

Newport Cliff Walk collapsehttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/16/metro/collapsed-section-newport-cliff-walk-could-remain-closed-well-past-summer-season/

Smithsonian National Postal Museumhttps://postalmuseum.si.edu/

OOO Interview with Director of the National Postal Museumhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/smithsonian-national-postal-museum-with-director/id1438098925?i=1000438061317

National Portrait Galleryhttps://www.si.edu/museums/portrait-gallery

The Phillips Collectionhttps://www.phillipscollection.org/

The Great Migration series by Jacob Lawrencehttps://lawrencemigration.phillipscollection.org/the-migration-series/panels/3/from-every-southern-town-migrants-left-by-the-hundreds-to-travel-north

The National Museum of African American History and Culturehttps://www.si.edu/museums/african-american-museum

Department of the Interior Museumhttps://www.doi.gov/interiormuseum

FDR Memorialhttps://washington.org/find-dc-listings/franklin-delano-roosevelt-memorial

MLK Memorialhttps://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

Jefferson Memorialhttps://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

Theodore Roosevelt Islandhttps://www.nps.gov/this/index.htm

Ethiopian foodhttps://dc.eater.com/maps/best-ethiopian-restaurants-dc-map

SUNdeVICH Sandwicheshttps://www.sundevich.com/

Zaytinyahttps://www.zaytinya.com/

Teddy and the Bully Barhttps://www.teddyandthebullybar.com/

Lincolnhttps://www.lincolnrestaurant-dc.com/

Busboys and Poetshttps://www.busboysandpoets.com/

The Next Whisky Bar at the Watergate Hotelhttps://www.thewatergatehotel.com/the-next-whisky-bar

The Nationals’ Racing Presidentshttps://www.mlb.com/nationals/fans/racing-presidents

Georgetown’s “Exorcist” stairshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcist_steps

Ryan’s favorite boxer Ryanhttps://www.ksat.com/sports/2022/03/07/inside-the-ring-fight-preview-and-more-with-ryan-garcia-and-oscar-de-la-hoya/

“Greek to Me” by Mary Norrishttps://wwnorton.com/books/Greek-to-Me/

This week on Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Ryan talks to Time Out Food and Drink Editor Bao Ong about what it takes to make a restaurant great, how he puts together “Best of” lists, and then gets some recommendations for great places in New York City and beyond. Plus, our longest Recalculating yet!

Things we talked about in today’s podcast:

Bao Ong

https://www.timeout.com/profile/UMTtSr53SqyIKETBUC1uNeQ==/

NYT on why a volcano boosted Iceland tourism

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/world/europe/reykjavik-iceland-tourism.html

Japantowns in the US

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japantown

Tommy Wallach’s The Ladder: A Choice-Driven, Fully Replayable Escape Room

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1447182103/the-ladder-the-worlds-first-truly-replayable-escape-room/description

Bao’s 100 Best Restaurants in NYC Right Now

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/100-best-new-york-restaurants

Restaurant Mention: Via Carota

http://www.viacarota.com/

Restaurant Mention: Superiority Burger

http://www.superiorityburger.com/

Restaurant Mention: Olmstead

http://www.olmstednyc.com/

Restaurant Rec: Maison Yaki

http://www.maisonyaki.com/

Restaurant Rec: Crown Shy

https://www.crownshy.nyc/

Restaurant Rec: Khe-Yo

https://www.kheyo.com/

Restaurant Rec: Pata Paplean

https://www.facebook.com/patapapleannyc/

Restaurant Rec: Dallas’s Laotian Khao Noodle Shop

https://www.dallasnews.com/food/2019/09/17/khao-noodle-shop-is-bon-appetit-s-no-2-best-new-restaurant-in-america/

Restaurant Rec: Saint Paul’s In Bloom

https://www.inbloomstp.com/

Natural Wines in Spain

https://culinarybackstreets.com/cities-category/barcelona/2019/wine-harvest-2019-4/

Restaurant Rec: Boston’s Japanese-Peruvian Ruka

https://www.rukarestobar.com/

Restaurant Rec: Detroit’s Lebanese Ollie’s

http://www.olliescuisine.com/

“Joker” stairs in the Bronx

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2482891/see-how-crowded-jokers-stairs-are-now-that-theyre-a-tourist-trap

Boston Harbor Now

https://www.bostonharbornow.org/

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This week on “Out of Office: A Travel Podcast,” Kiernan takes us on a tour of his home turf: New Haven, Connecticut! It’s all apizza (a-BEETZ!), fake medieval buildings, dinosaurs, and New England charm. Plus, a BRAND NEW RICK STEVES’S SERIES!

Things we talked about on today’s episode:

Ryan’s new bastard podcast “Red Pen”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red-pen-a-grammar-podcast/id1658608663

Rick Steves’s new show

https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/art

Wooster Square

https://www.ctvisit.com/listings/wooster-square

Pepe’s

https://order.pepespizzeria.com/

Sally’s

https://www.sallysapizza.com/

Modern

http://modernapizza.com/

Da Legna x Nolo

https://jet2nolo.com/

Zuppardi’s

https://zuppardisapizza.com/

Bar

https://www.yelp.com/biz/bar-new-haven

Beinecke Library

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinecke_Rare_Book_%26_Manuscript_Library

Gutenberg Bible page turning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKXDGFOoxvc

Harkness Tower

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harkness_Tower

Taft seat in Woolsey Hall

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/19/nyregion/a-president-s-custom-seat-still-best-in-the-house.html

Crypt societies

https://archive.curbed.com/2018/6/21/17484316/yale-secret-society-tomb-history-skull-bones

Yale University Art Gallery

https://artgallery.yale.edu/

Yale Center for British Art

https://britishart.yale.edu/

Peabody Museum

https://peabody.yale.edu/

“The Age of Reptiles” mural

https://news.yale.edu/2019/12/02/peabodys-iconic-dinosaur-mural-gets-check-ahead-museum-renovation

Atticus Bookstore

https://atticusnhv.com/

Book Trader Cafe

http://www.booktradercafe.net/

The Coffee Pedaler

https://www.facebook.com/thecoffeepedalernewhaven/

“Bones and All”

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/bones-and-all-midwest-setting-explained

Art of the Brick

https://artofthebrickexhibit.com/

This week on “Out of Office: A Travel Podcast,” we revisit the November 2022 episode on Richmond, Virginia. It was Ryan and Kiernan's first overnight trip together (staying in separate hotels, of course)! They discuss museums, historic homes, graves, Presidents, and plenty about the Civil War. They also share their restaurant recommendations and uncover a standout hidden treasure in a National Park!

The American Civil War Museum

https://acwm.org/

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

https://vmfa.museum

John Marshall House

https://preservationvirginia.org/historic-sites/john-marshall-house/

Hollywood Cemetery

https://www.hollywoodcemetery.org/

Maggie Walker House

https://www.nps.gov/mawa/index.htm

Society of Cincinnati

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati

Virginia State Capitol

http://virginiacapitol.gov/index.php/tours/

Statue of George Washington

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_George_Washington_(Houdon)

James Madison’s Montpelier

https://www.montpelier.org/

Paul Jennings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jennings_(slave)

Eater’s Richmond List

https://dc.eater.com/maps/best-bars-restaurants-bakeries-richmond-dining-guide

Barcode

https://www.barcoderva.com/

Triple Crossing Brewery

https://triplecrossing.com/

Emily Dickinson’s House

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/design/emily-dickinson-museum-renovation.html