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Once fear is conquered, many older adults find they actually prefer traveling solo. Mature Americans, 55 and older, stay away from home the longest, according to the Travel Industry Association of America, and are also the likeliest of all age groups to journey alone or with someone outside their household...
...Wingler, author of Travel Alone & Love It, is a domestic flight attendant who began taking trips abroad by herself after her divorce 15 years ago. "It takes me out of my everyday existence and makes me feel like I'm a citizen of the world," she says. "As a solo traveler you throw yourself on the mercy of strangers constantly--and someone's always there when you need them. It has restored my faith in humanity...
Kirk Whalum is one of "those guys," one of those smooth-jazz saxophonists who seem to now be a dime a dozen. However, with his eighth solo project, Unconditional, he attempts to distance himself from the pack, employing a fuller tone and grittier attack than before in an album of tributes and pop tune covers...
When the other members of British cult pop sensation Saint Etienne took a little break to launch their own record label, their lead singer built on her songwriting experience with the band and worked her vocal magic, giving the world of pop her first solo album, Lipslide. An expedition into a world of '60s girl pop mixed with some electronic production, Sarah Cracknell's dreamy vocals grow and grow on you until you're forced to surrender to the album's subtle yet straightforward sound...
...child stars who went on to lead shattered lives. Take the calamitous life of Michael Jackson for example. When the Jackson Five first began touring in 1962, Jackie was 11, Tito was nine, Jermaine was eight, Marlon was five and Michael was only four. Although Michael Jackson reached unparalleled solo superstardom after his Jackson Five days, his early inception into the world of celebrity cost him more than his personal life; it cost him his childhood. Jackson has said, "I'd see children playing in the park and I'd cry because I had to go to work...