Best U.S. Foodie Destinations

Aug 25, 2010 1 Comment by Andrew Hickey

Want to eat well in America? Check out eight notable destinations that consistently do it right, one meal at a time. Portland, Oregon The “Rose City” is one of the most progressive and urbane metropolitan areas in the United States. Portland’s liberal, Pacific Northwest vibe is nowhere more evident than in a vast array of [...]

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Guest Nomad: How Will the NYC Short-Term Rental Ban Affect You?

Aug 20, 2010 No Comments by Andrew Hickey

Much has been made in the national media about a recently passed ban on short-term rentals in New York City.  Some of what you have heard is true but most of it is pure garbage that has been completely overblown.  What? You didn’t realize the media sensationalized certain stories to fluff their ratings? First of [...]

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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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Guest Nomad: Travelocity Editor’s Seven Travel Suggestions

Aug 13, 2010 2 Comments

When you’re the Senior Editor at Travelocity, most people you meet assume you’ve been everywhere. Also, your friends and family assume you’re available to act as their personal travel agent, but that’s another story for another time.  Anyway, as I was saying – people assume I’ve been everywhere, but that’s not true. Don’t get me [...]

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Travel Blog Rewind: What I’ve Been Reading Online (July 27, 2010)

Jul 27, 2010 3 Comments

With it being 119 degrees outside every day since TBEX here in New York, I have been hiding inside my Brooklyn abode pumping the air conditioner 24/7 and enjoying many cold adult beverages. So with more time in front of the glow of my laptop’s screen, I have reading many blogs and stumbled upon a [...]

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Five Finger Licking Good New York BBQ Joints

Jul 20, 2010 4 Comments

Low and slow is usually the way I walk down the street on a hot and humid summer day in New York. But it is also the best way to BBQ according to experts. Whether it is a pulled pork sandwich or a rack of meaty ribs, there really is nothing like pigging out in [...]

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Guest Nomad: New York City Summer

Jul 16, 2010 3 Comments

Now that summer is in full bloom, I’ve found myself enjoying some outdoor activities here in New York to escape the heat and boost my spirits. I find having picnics at parks and riding out to a waterfront are not only fun and cheap, but also make for great day trips. Hang Out at Parks [...]

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The ABC’s of TBEX

Jul 02, 2010 18 Comments

Last weekend pretty much the entire travel blogging community met up about 30 minutes from my apartment (or as you would call it New York City) for the second annual Travel Blog Exchange. From my last count there are currently 859 blog posts about TBEX online. Actually I just refreshed my TweetDeck – make that [...]

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Tweet, Tweet: #PREBEX to #TBEX @TheAceHotel

Jun 23, 2010 11 Comments

This week of course is the Travel Blog Exchange (which has been compared to Woodstock, the Academy Awards, the Super Bowl and Christmas by various bloggers). Now while all of us are very excited to hang out all weekend long with some amazing travel people,  a few of us are a little impatient (and  in [...]

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Readers Vent: Cities You Don’t Want to Visit Again

Jun 02, 2010 No Comments

Wow…why so angry? Actually I loved all the comments left on last week’s post about “Cities I Do Not Want to Visit Again” so much that I wanted to share some of the more “colorful” with you. First though, the reason I wrote this post was to show people that yes you can be travel [...]

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Eight Awesome New York Beaches

May 31, 2010 9 Comments

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 days between Memorial Day and [...]

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