I was so nervous to fly with my baby. Would the two-and-a-half-hour flight from NYC to Florida feel like the longest flight of my life? What if he screamed the whole time? Would the passengers seated near us try to throw us off the plane? I had visions of an Air Marshall getting involved… Like […]
2010 was a fantastic year of travel for me, with a two-week trip to Alaska as the clear highlight. Like last year, choosing my top 10 travel moments wasn’t easy but it did make me feel very thankful for such an exciting opportunities. I feel like every trip I took deserved its own top 10, […]
If you had asked me where the world’s largest swimming pool is, I’d have guessed Dubai or Las Vegas. And I’d have been wrong. The world’s largest swimming pool is in Algarrobo, Chile, at the San Alfonso del Mar resort, which opened in December 2006. In the photo above, you can see just a portion of […]
Montauk, NY, used to be considered the un-Hamptons of the Hamptons, a laidback surfing town with an Irish fishing village heritage. With the emergence of three of the biggest hot spots on the East End (Crow’s Nest, Surf Lodge and Navy Beach), its sleepy reputation may well be a thing of the past. If you visit Montauk […]
Harry Potter (specifically the lure of seeing the castle that starred as Hogwarts) was enough to get us to take a detour to Alnwick Castle in Northeast England on our drive from Manchester to Edinburgh. But when we arrived we learned that there’s a lot more to Alnwick Castle than being the location where they […]
On the Fairbanks Riverboat Discovery Tour, I got my first glimpse of sled dogs when the boat went by Trail Breaker Kennel, which was owned by the late four-time Iditarod winner Susan Butcher. It was fun to watch the demo, but I wanted to see the huskies up close. Enter the Musher’s Camp and Sled […]
(photos by Pete and Libby) There's Spanish culture, there's French culture, and then there's Basque culture. Pete and Libby (whom you may remember from their photos of the Winter Olympics and Lindsey Vonn) decided to explore the Basque region in early May. They flew into Toulouse, France, and then drove to San Sebastian, Spain, where […]
Today was an official Snow Day in New York City. They made the decision to close the schools the day before, because the threat of the storm was so bad. Or maybe it was because we’ve hardly had any snow this winter, and the city was ready to embrace it. As you can see, it […]
I love sunsets. That’s not very original, I know. I mean does anybody actually dislike sunsets? What’s not to like? Sunsets are pretty much a universal crowd-pleaser. That said, I certainly think there is a continuum of sunset appreciation. True sunset lovers view watching the sun go down as an activity unto itself. They seek […]
Last week when I was blogging about seeing the Mona Monkey in Grenada, I realized that while I have written and posted photos about the white-faced capuchin monkeys and the spider monkeys I saw in Costa Rica, I have left out the howler monkeys. Yes, I know this a travel blog and not a monkey […]
