Growing up just a few feet from a beach for the first 25 years of my life, I consider myself a beach bum for sure. Boogie boarding by the age of five, attempting to surf by the age of eight (and quitting by nine) and spending most of my younger years between Memorial Day and…
About 119 miles east of New York City is the town of East Hampton. Located within this last stop in Long Island is one of my favorite destinations to visit for a quick weekend getaway from the Big Apple – Montauk. With a little under 4,000 residents, Montauk is mostly associated with long summer days…
In the past I have done “25 Interesting (and Odd) Facts” about such destinations as the cities of Chicago and Las Vegas, the state of California and of course my beloved New York City. But I feel that Brooklyn, my favorite part of New York, deserves its own post about what makes this place so…
The day before Mother’s Day this year I did what most men would do when their wife just had a baby two weeks earlier…I went on a road trip through Long Island to visit some of the sites made popular by musician Billy Joel. Now before you send me angry emails, unfollow me on Twitter…
The next two days will be pretty busy as I embark on a 24-hour or so road-trip from Brooklyn to Montauk (about 121 miles each way). When in Montauk, I will be checking out one of their premiere beach resorts called Panoramic View (a full report about this lodge Friday). I will be taking the…
Southwest Airlines announced Monday that they will officially debut in New York (sorry Long Island) on Sunday June 28. Southwest will fly out of LaGuardia Airport (my least favorite NY area airport) and provide low-fare service to both Chicago’s Midway Airport (my favorite Chicago airport) and Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Airfare to/from Chicago will start at…
Another eventful week in the travel business. So I thought today I would catch you up on some of the deals, news, stories and articles that came out this past week. Jetting for less: JetBlue currently has a 40% off select getaways that include such destinations as Aruba, Cancun & Nassau. These “beachy keen” deals…