If your travels ever find you in my borough of Brooklyn, New York, then be sure to hop an F, N or Q train and head down to Coney Island. Some attractions that you should check out include the aquarium, the Brooklyn Cyclones softball team at Keyspan park and of course the miles of beach. [...]

Travel – it is what keeps me going and most likely keeps you going if you’re reading this site. Some of my most cherished memories in my life have involved me visiting some new destination. Whether it be the unique cuisine, amazing architecture, wild nightlife or simply interacting with locals , the idea of flying, [...]

With 3,402,493 travel blogs online (that number is accurate, no need to double check), it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming and time consuming to check each and site out. So each week I will provide you with a little “Travel Blog Rewind” of what I thought was worthy of passing on to you. Read [...]

Ilan Baril, writer, is a contributor to many of Colorado’s premier publications.  He has a degree in journalism and a background in writing about travel, dining, charity and the arts. He’s worked as a server, a sommelier, a graphic designer, a copywriter and a landscaper.  He’s been traveling his entire life, most recently leaving the [...]

Summer is almost here and once the weather gets warmer around Brooklyn I tend to inhale a lot more ice cream.  (Honestly any excuse to eat ice cream works for me.) So when I heard that Little Buddy Biscuit Company, located in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, was unveiling a new line of artisan [...]

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 [...]

Sorry for the lack of updates, but over the last week I have been tending to my little nomad, planning my 24 hours in Paris (which I am still recovering from) and working on an all-new design and look for “The Brooklyn Nomad” travel blog. When I launched this site on March 1, 2009, I [...]

A week from Friday I will be venturing off to Paris, France for an extremely brief visit. That’s because when my plane lands down in Orly Airport just before 9am, I will only have 24 hours to take in a city that many people feel is impossible to see in a day. But I would [...]

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 [...]

With the weather getting warmer and the days getting longer, now is the perfect time to down a few cold ones while visiting New York City. While the Big Apple can be a pretty pricey place to get hammered, a few select spots offer happy hours and drink specials that are sure to get you [...]

I recently was offered a complimentary night at the Affinia Dumont Hotel located in the Murray Hill/Midtown East section of Manhattan. I have to admit that as a hotel nerd I was looking forward to finally checking out an Affinia Hotel. With locations throughout New York City, Chicago and Washington DC, this collection of boutique [...]