I’ve taken the train through Baltimore many times, going back and forth from New York to Washington. In fact, I first met my husband getting on to the train at Union Station in DC, so I essentially rode through Baltimore on our first date. But I had never actually set foot in Baltimore until this [...]

Dennis Cieri, a New York writer, filmmaker and founder of Cieri Media, recently traveled to Tel Aviv where he discovered that the modern day Promised Land is a lot more fun than one may expect — with incredible culinary offerings. Some people travel to Israel to see family, others to visit religious sites. Some come to [...]

Guest blogger Jill Martin Wrenn and her family (three kids under five!) had a great time visiting all of the children’s attractions during their weekend in New Orleans. But you can’t go to New Orleans and not indulge in the fabulous food, so they made sure to go to some kid-friendly restaurants that the grown-ups were [...]

It seems like there are Starbucks everywhere… except when you need one. Like at the middle of the mountain when you’re skiing and you want cappuccino that doesn’t come from an instant hot chocolate machine. And that’s why I’m in awe of the world’s first ski-in ski-out Starbucks, which opened on Saturday in Squaw Valley, [...]

Although Laduree, the world-famous macaron purveyor, opened their first U.S. location in April, it took me until this week to walk to the mere mile from my home in Manhattan. The good news is that by the time I got there, the lines had died down because all of the true macaron lovers had already [...]

Lisbon has emerged as having one of the most exciting dining scenes in Europe. There’s an abundance of cool restaurants, and I’m proud to say that despite having a baby in tow we managed to eat at some of them during our time there in October. (We also could have subsisted on pasteis de nata [...]

The moment I saw the sign “I gelati piu fini del mondo” outside Santini in the Chiado district, I knew exactly what it meant: The world’s finest ice cream. This despite the fact that I don’t speak Italian or Portuguese, the latter being relevant because this Italian sign was in Lisbon. While it would be [...]

My dad has always raved about real Philly cheesesteaks that are made (and eaten) in Philly, but I must admit that they’ve never appealed to me. Well, it turns out that the cheesesteak is not Pennsylvania’s only famous sandwich. Foodies will delight in this virtual sandwich tour of a guest post. Legend has it that [...]

Visiting the historic mansions of Newport, RI, gives you a glimpse into the unimaginable wealth that some families had amassed in the late 19th Century. Well, dining on the dock at The Grill at Forty 1 North gives you a glimpse into the unimaginable wealth that exists right now — if you get to sit within cocktail-flinging [...]

How have I not been here before? And when can come I back again? These were the main thoughts running through my mind as I was sipping a fresh-squeezed lemonade accented by muddled berries and lush mint leaves (oh, and vodka, let’s not forget the vodka) at the rooftop garden of The Surrey Hotel in [...]