On Saturday we’re flying to Minneapolis. Is Minneapolis worth visiting? I have no idea. We had no particular reason for going. Certainly not for the Mall of America. “So why go?” You ask. Because it’s my birthday and I always go somewhere new for my birthday, that’s why. “Ok, but why Minneapolis?” You wonder, quite…
New York right now is as cold and hostile as our landlord when we told them they need to turn up the heating. So let me tell you about our warm and wonderful MSC Fantasia experience around the Caribbean. Just bear with me a moment while I make myself a nice cup of tea, put…
One thing’s for sure, you wouldn’t want Antoni Gaudí as your neighbor. Imagine leaving your house one morning and bumping into him and he tells you, with a big sigh, “My house has no straight lines.” You’d get that FOR SALE sign up before you can say “stay away from my kids”. Gaudí, for those…
Getting cash abroad can be a real pain. Using an ATM outside of your home country comes with its fair amount of anxiety. In fact, money issues are one of the most common travel anxieties. Where am I going to get my money? Not being able to get money is every traveler’s worst nightmare. This…
Wilmington, Delaware is a piece of East Coast suburbia that feels like a new utopia created for a post-apocalyptic future. I can describe it no better than by saying the trash cans on the street are never more than 30% full. Compare that to New York, the great American dirt-hole, where trashcans are 120% full…
Here are 5 great ways to pass the time on a long flight that you won’t find on other websites. Mainly because these are all actually really bad ideas and neither I nor your airline nor your mother recommend you actually do. 1. Make your own movie. You’ve either seen the few good movies on…
Let’s do something fun. Let’s compare the New York City and Singapore metro/subway systems and declare a winner. (It will be fun, I swear.) So, New York City or Singapore? 1. Number of people killed – New York City or Singapore? Somebody told me in Singapore that after a number of fatalities from people stepping onto the…
Storm King Art Center is perfect for a day trip out of New York on a mild summer’s day. Presumably it’s also good on a warm spring or fall day or a heatwave in the middle of winter. So, if I were to rewrite this opening, I might have said Storm King Art Center is…
We almost missed the chance to see grizzly bears, moose, caribou, and wolves in their natural habitat in Denali National Park, Alaska. Here’s our Tundra Wilderness Tour experience. The Tundra Wilderness Tour was part of our rail tour, which you can read more about here. We were told to meet at the entrance of the…
Alaska has by far the biggest land mass of any US State. Its natural beauty is unparalleled anywhere in the world. Yet most people visiting Alaska stay on cruise ships and don’t even see the interior, which is like going to a zoo and only seeing the gift shop. You’re missing the good stuff! With…