5 Things I've Learned From Humans of New York
I'll admit that I didn't fall into the HONY rabbit hole until I started actually logging onto Facebook about a couple of months ago. But now that I've gotten into it, I don't think that I'll get out...
View ArticleCanadian Deal Destinations for Off-Season Travel
Off-season travel can be an economical way to explore new areas, and it is one of my favorite non-traditional getaway periods. Why write about this today? Most of the country experiences off-season in...
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Four Virginia Hotels Focus on Farm-to-Table Menus
Virginia didn't need the current local food movement to appreciate its natural bounty. The Virginia countryside and its waterways have been a source of fresh ingredients for centuries. And yet many...
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US Best Value Cities for 2015
Whether you're planning a much-needed vacation or a spontaneous weekend away, these 50 bargain hotspots complied by hotel search trivago.com are not to be missed in the coming year. Based on the...
View ArticleFree Pizza and Gelato for Toddlers in Rome
Free ice cream, free pizza and free milk. Would you ever have guessed that if you lived in Rome with a toddler, you would never have to pay for those key staples of an Italian child's diet? I kid you...
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Penang Continues to Make the Most of Its Heritage
Installation at The Star Pitt Street. The building was originally an opium depot Heritage and huge meals have been an inseparable duo in Penang since 2008 when George Town (with Melaka) received its...
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Santa Fe: Town or Country?
Ever since my first visit to New Mexico in the 1970s, I've harbored a fantasy that my life would have a kind of Georgia O'Keefe final chapter. I'd remain creative and exuberant and, at least part of...
View ArticleThe 9 Best Money-Saving Travel Tips
1-Pick Destinations Based On Currency Exchange Rates My destinations are selected based on where the dollar is strongest. Flexibility in choosing my vacation allows me to be opportunistic. Reviewing...
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You'll Want to Travel for These 10 Craft Beers
By Tom White for the Orbitz Travel Blog As the craft beer boom continues, serious fans go to greater lengths to get their hands on the latest limited-release grail brews. Most of them are only...
View ArticleDelta Airlines Passenger Devastated After Dog Disappears From Flight
Delta Airlines passenger Frank Romano was waiting for his flight to take off from Los Angeles to Tampa, Florida, when he was informed that his dog had gone missing. The dog is a 6-year-old rescue pit...
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7 Ways Flying Messes With Your Body
We know flying tinkers with our bodies -- this much is made clear by our messy post-plane hair and our overpowering jet lag. But being in the air causes bodies to react in some ways that are not as...
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An American Pilgrimage: The Normandy Beaches
Omaha Beach, Normandy I met Chester Furtek on Utah Beach, Normandy, gazing out at a small island barely visible in the distance. He was visiting with his wife and son. It had been 70 years since he...
View ArticleSweat Equity: 13 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Finnish Saunas
On a recent trip to Helsinki, I was fretting about my glaring lack of language skills. How, I wondered, was I ever going to pronounce all those really long words with so many vowels and umlauts? Turns...
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Travels From a Beatnik Boomer
Over 10 years ago, I decided I wanted to go to South Africa to see Cape Town, travel around the Cape of Good Hope, get up close and personal with the big five animals in the wild, embrace the beauty of...
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Rottenest City on the Pacific Coast
Originally established as a "pleasure town", Chief Justice of the US, Earl Warren, dubbed Emeryville as "the rottenest city on the Pacific Coast" in 1927. It seems fitting that local residents refer...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons to Visit the Northern Territory of Australia
1. Uluru or Ayers Rock: An impressively large, red sandstone monolith rising from the Central Australian desert. A spiritual and sacred place for the local Yankunyjatjara and Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal...
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9 Things You Should Know Before Booking Your Next Cruise
kansasphoto / Flickr With meals, entertainment and accommodations wrapped into one reasonable rate, cruising offers a convenient and affordable vacation option. Many cruises today offer stimulating...
View ArticleWelcome to Myanmar's (Empty) Capital City, President Obama!
President Obama is about to go to Myanmar for the second time in two years - #BIGDEAL alert! - but, after a recent visit to Myanmar's brand spanking new capital, Nay Pyi Taw, I was wondering: Will...
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The 48 Problems With Flying
By: Matt Meltzer Credit: Shutterstock These days, flying is right up there with going to the dentist and doing your taxes on the list of things people hate. All the pain, but no free toothbrush or...
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5 Getaways That Are Only Good in Winter
We know, we know: It's cold out. Not just "cold," but that finally-really-winter frigid that makes you feel achey, keeps you at home, and -- more often than not -- makes you feel totally, maddeningly...
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