Tag Archive: chicago

Let’s Make a (Travel) Deal

With the summer upon us, now is the perfect time to book a travel deal to somewhere far, far away. While doing research on some places that I am planning to visit this year, I came across some deals I wanted to share with you. Cheap Caribbean has a sweet deal to Aruba this summer…

Five Irish Pubs in the U.S. I Like to Get Drunk In

I admit, trying to provide you with the top five best Irish pubs in the country might be a wee bit insane. But every travel site offers their version of the best Irish pubs, so I figured since I have visited a few watering holes around this great nation of ours, why not be a…

25 Interesting (and Odd) Chicago Facts

From time to time I like to write some interesting tidbits about a particular location. I gather up 25 interesting (and odd) facts that are sure to educate, enlighten and kill some time while at your work desk. Previously I covered U.S. States New York and California, but for this post I went with one…

Three Great Airlines Offer Three Great Sales

If you are looking to plan that 2010 getaway, now might be a good time to check airfare. Virgin America, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue have all announced some pretty good sales this week. Virgin America is offering discounted seats if you book by January 11 and fly between January 7 – March 10. There are…

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Six

Then there were three. After showing some signs of life the Windy City just could not hang out in the final weeks. Chicago has been eliminated from the “Send Me Somewhere” competition. For most of the week the four cities stayed in the same position, except for one day when there was a tie for…

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Five

I have been singing in the shower for a few weeks now in preparation  for tonight’s first ever “Twitaoke” (Twitter Karaoke). Hosted by the travel geek’s at SoSauce.com, it will be a little get together of about 20 travel writers, travel bloggers and just plain travel addicts. Hope to see some of you there. But…

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Four

I am writing to you this Friday from the cozy Tarrytown House in Tarrytown, New York. Located about 25 miles outside of the Big Apple, this beautiful hotel is where I will be resting my head for the night. Tomorrow I will be heading back into the city to catch the ACES train for a…

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Three

Another week of voting has come to an end and this week not one, but two cities were kicked off the island…er I mean eliminated. To just backtrack before I give the results, to show you how unpredictable this voting has become, last week’s favorite city Montreal was in dead last for six out of…