What takes 2,250 pounds of icing, 415 pounds of dough and 17 pounds of candy corns? That would be Gingerbread Lane, and you can find 152 houses along this most coveted address at the New York Hall of Science (aka NYSci) in Queens, NY. We visited for the first time this past Saturday, and it […]

One of the toughest decisions when traveling is how much time to spend relaxing and how much time to spend sightseeing. Cramming in too many activities can leave you without a real appreciation of the destination, but seeing too little can leave you unsatisfied. As someone who typically errs on the side of doing too […]

The other evening, I was out with a group of women in New York City. When the conversation turned to winter plans, almost a third of the group was headed to Florida — including me! Ah Florida, it’s the kind of place Americans totally take for granted. Almost everyone has some kind of Florida memory, whether […]

When I first learned that legendary Polish composer Frederic Chopin and his lover Parisian writer George Sand lived in a monastery when he spent time in the gorgeous Spanish island of Mallorca, I was puzzled as to why anyone would want to live there if they weren’t monks. But then we went to visit the […]

I’m a huge fans of islands (perhaps because I’ve lived my whole life on the island of Manhattan), and Sardinia has long been on my short list. I just know I’d love this Italian island! If you’re looking to learn more about Sardinia like I am, I hope you’ll enjoy this post brought to you […]

Fall foliage has peaked in New York City’s Central Park, and as usual, it’s magnificent. Yesterday was Jazz and Colors, my favorite Central Park event in which 30 jazz ensembles play the same set in different locations all over the park for the whole afternoon. Last year, I brought an almost two-year-old who was sort […]

Whoever said that the best things in life were free wasn’t trying to travel on a budget! But when you travel to a fabulous city like Barcelona, there are tons of great things to do and see that are free. And any money saved can go right to your tapas bill… Here are my favorite free things in Barcelona, which also happens to be one of my all-time favorite cities.

I spent a few days in Majorca one August, and I’ve always heard that it’s lovely in the fall. So when this guest post arrived about the Autumn Olive Festival in the village of Caimari, I was very intrigued to learn more about what the cultural happenings in this beautiful island. As the days get […]

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, and I’ve been pleased to observe that this year New York City has embraced it more than ever with the Upper East Side townhouses seemingly in a competition as to who can add more cobwebs. But, as an article in the New York Times pointed out today, Britain […]

In the fourth grade, I did my State Report, a rather long and involved project for the time, on Mississippi. I didn’t know when I’d have the chance to visit The Magnolia State until I received an invitation to speak on the Social Media panel at the 2013 SATW (Society of American Travel Writers) Convention on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi. So here was my opportunity to visit the Deep South, y’all. My 44-hour stay (from Monday late afternoon to Wednesday at noon) was short but sweet. And full of shrimp.