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Eric Goldschein

Eric Goldschein

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Dec 31, 2025

My 5 favorite music moments of 2025

While out for a walk today, I started thinking about music.

My 5 favorite music moments of 2025

Eric Goldschein

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Sep 24, 2025

Gardening and ChatGPT, and me

In 2025, two things happened around the same time. I started using artificial intelligence and I started gardening.

A snow pea in a hand with a trellis in the background and sunlight coming through the leaves.

Eric Goldschein

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Aug 8, 2024

Waiting to move

Kalaw, Myanmar

Waiting to move

Eric Goldschein

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Oct 26, 2020

Ball Was Life, and Sometimes It Still Is

What basketball has meant to me lately, years after it meant everything.

Ball Was Life, and Sometimes It Still Is

Eric Goldschein

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Feb 3, 2019

Meet The Illegal Couchsurfing Hosts Of Myanmar

What kind of people willingly break the law to let foreigners sleep on their couch for free? I tried to get the answer from these three…

Meet The Illegal Couchsurfing Hosts Of Myanmar

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Jun 19, 2018

Travel Alone

“Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.” — from Desiderata

Travel Alone

Eric Goldschein

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Jun 12, 2018

Anthony Bourdain And The Painful Joy Of Travel Life

It seems easy to say this now, in the wake of his death, but the day that someone told me that I reminded them of Anthony Bourdain, my life…

Anthony Bourdain And The Painful Joy Of Travel Life

Eric Goldschein

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Mar 21, 2018

13 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Visiting Paris

Paris — a city in France. It’s a place so magical, it sends Japanese tourists into an emotional tailspin, and not the good kind!

13 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Visiting Paris

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Eric Goldschein

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Jan 5, 2018

How To Travel Around Angkor Wat By Bicycle (And Wring Extra Days Out Of Your Pass)

Touring the super-famous Khmer ruins by bike isn’t for the weak, but those who pedal themselves there (and back, and there, and back) can…

How To Travel Around Angkor Wat By Bicycle (And Wring Extra Days Out Of Your Pass)

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Dec 23, 2017

Smartphones Are Killing What It Means To “Travel”

Smartphones are making travel easier and more enjoyable. They’re also destroying everything that was once good about it.

Smartphones Are Killing What It Means To “Travel”

Eric Goldschein

Eric Goldschein

I’m a writer originally from Brooklyn. I write about travel mostly but also business and “culture.” I hope you like what you read. ericgoldschein.com

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