When I saw Robin Hood, something about it seemed very familiar. It wasn't the plot, which I thought was a very interesting take on legend, as it left off where most of the other films have chosen to begin. It wasn't Sherwood Forest which I got to visit on my trip to Nottingham, because the […]

Thanks so much to everyone who entered Travelogged's first contest! There were two prizes, two $50 gift certificates from Joy of Spa, a new website that has partnered with independent spas across the country that have agreed to honor its gift certificates. The contest asked you to post a comment answering the question: What do […]

Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla, I'm going to celebrate with chips, guacamole and a margarita. But I'm also going to daydream about the top five places I most want to visit in Mexico.

I'm launching Travelogged's first-ever contest, and I couldn't be more excited because I have two fabulous prizes to give away. Yes, I have not one but TWO $50 gift certificates from Joy of Spa, each of which is redeemable at more than 3,000 spas in the U.S. Giving the gift of a spa experience has […]

(photo by Daniele Sartori/flickr) First it was The Bachelor. Now it's America's Next Top Model. New Zealand just can't stop hosting American reality TV shows!

If I wanted to understand why the Eyjafjallajokull volcano is still interrupting air travel, I probably wouldn’t ask Judy Grimes, the hilarious travel expert played by Kristen Wiig on Saturday Night Live. But if I wanted to learn how to speak very quickly without ever taking a breath with plenty of “just kidding” sprinkled in, […]

It's hard for me to believe that I didn't have an iPhone until this past November. (I was a Blackberry gal for two years before that.) Now I'm one of those annoying iPhone evangelists — always showing it off, trying to convince people to get one and insisting that you adapt to the touchscreen keyboard […]

(photos by Jill Martin Wrenn) When I was planning my trip to Italy, I ended up leaving Milan and the Lake District off my itinerary. So I couldn’t wait to hear all about it from today’s guest blogger, Jill Martin Wrenn (whom you might remember from her previous guest blogs posts about The Georgia Aquarium […]

Remember when the Winter Olympics was going on and it was all anyone was talking about? You know, Lindsay Vonn, figure skating, USA vs. Canada hockey, the mystery of curling and all that. But once all of the medals have been collected and the closing ceremonies, everyone seems to forget all about the Winter Olympics […]

(photos by Rachel Sterling and Jeremy Sharff) My friends Rachel Sterling and Jeremy Sharff spent a few days in Singapore in February and managed to squeeze in most of the highlights of this diverse city-state. A few weeks ago, they shared their photos of the Singapore Zoo (remember the Probiscus monkey?) but there's way more […]