Monday Travel Shot: Montreal Botanical Garden

Aug 23, 2010 6 Comments by Andrew Hickey

I am currently in the early stages of planning another visit to Montreal. Easily one of my favorite destinations in North America (and perhaps the world), this bustling Quebec city offers so much European charm without having to fly on a 5-hour flight across the pond. One of my absolute favorite places to visit in [...]

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Travel Blog Rewind: What I’ve Been Reading Online (August 18, 2010)

Aug 18, 2010 2 Comments by Andrew Hickey

With so many travel blogs, it can be a tad bit overwhelming to read them all. I believe at last count there were 43,997 travel blogs. I love my fellow travel nuts and their great posts. So from time to time I love to share a few of their articles with you in hopes that [...]

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You’re Sending Me To…

Jan 01, 2010 8 Comments by Andrew Hickey

Ten Cities…nine weeks…hundreds of votes. It started out as a close battle between easily the two most popular cities throughout the entire competition, but in the end the Crescent City fans just wanted it more…a lot more! You have decided to send me to New Orleans, Louisiana. While the exact dates will not be set [...]

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Saturday Travel Shot: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Dec 26, 2009 No Comments

Will I be going to Montreal? Vote to “Send Me Somewhere“

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Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Seven

Dec 18, 2009 12 Comments

…and then there were two. After seven weeks of voting for where to send me on my next trip, only two cities remain. If you have been following the voting each week than it should come as no surprise that both Montreal and New Orleans are now in the finals. That means Austin joins Seattle, [...]

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Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Six

Dec 11, 2009 6 Comments

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 [...]

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Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Five

Dec 04, 2009 2 Comments

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 [...]

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Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Four

Nov 27, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Three

Nov 20, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Two

Nov 13, 2009 No Comments

Another week and another city gets the boot. As I mentioned on Twitter and hear in previous weeks, I am looking to go away in early 2010 and would like for you to help me out with the location. I am calling it  “send me somewhere” and I ask for a single vote each week [...]

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Send Me Somewhere Results – Week One

Nov 06, 2009 3 Comments

Last week I asked you to send me somewhere and you sure did make your voices heard loud and clear. Just to catch you up in case you missed the announcement last week and were too lazy to click my link in the last sentence, I need help planning my next trip for early next [...]

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