Five Finger Licking Good New York BBQ Joints

Jul 20, 2010 4 Comments by Andrew Hickey

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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Great 4th of July Firework Displays Around the United States

Jul 03, 2010 3 Comments by Andrew Hickey

Before you head out to a packed airport or major traffic on the highways this Independence Day weekend, check out this colorful collection of firework displays around the United States.

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Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Seven

Dec 18, 2009 12 Comments by Andrew Hickey

…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 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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Sunday Travel Shot: Dallas, Texas

Nov 29, 2009 1 Comment

Dallas, Texas skyline

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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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Guest Nomad: Beyond The Alamo – Seven Places To Add To Your San Antonio Itinerary

Nov 16, 2009 4 Comments

This week’s “Guest Nomad” is Sarah V. from Wandering-off.blogspot.com. Beyond the Alamo: Seven Places to Add to Your San Antonio Itinerary After moving to San Antonio from the Midwest this past summer, my family and I discovered just how much there is to do in the country’s seventh largest city.  And yet our friends back [...]

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Plan My Next Trip

Oct 30, 2009 7 Comments

As you may know by now, I really like to travel. I also assume that if you read my blog that you also really like to travel. I mean I am always looking to visit some faraway locale and usually have the next destination planned before my current trip is over. As a travel junkie, [...]

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Guest Nomad: Tourist Happily Trapped In NYC

Oct 19, 2009 1 Comment

This week’s “Guest Nomad” is Laura Kyle. Laura is an SEO and travel writer living in Texas’ weirdest city, Austin. Most of her work can be found on Vacation Rentals.com, the #1 site for vacation rental deals. Tourist Happily Trapped In NYC It’s okay to be a tourist when you’re little. Pointing your finger up [...]

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America’s Best & Worst Airports For 2009

Aug 03, 2009 3 Comments

Travel + Leisure Magazine just released it’s list of the United State’s “Best & Worst Airports” for 2009.  They compiled information on flights that departed more than 15 minutes late from the country’s airports between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009 courtesy of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. There are some notable highlights from [...]

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Sales, Sales And More Sales: Airlines Looking To Lure In Fall Travelers

Jul 28, 2009 No Comments

With the summer travel season almost over (sigh), it is time for the airlines to look towards fall travel. Now while fall has always been a soft season for the travel industry, it is going to be especially hard this year to convince people to spend money that many just do not have. Everyday we [...]

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