The love story between Prince William and Kate Middleton has been told in many ways, but none so entertaining as this musical version by The Other Guys, a student male a capella group at St. Andrews. They interweave the story of how the prince first thought of Kate as more than a friend (she was […]

Skiers and snowboarders may not always get along on the mountain, but they can usually find one issue to agree on: the importance of having somewhere cool to go at the end of the day when the lifts close. Whether it’s for apres ski or apres snowboard, winter warriors need a place to get their […]

Every day as we would drive up and down the Tamiami Trail in Sarasota, FL, we would pass a sign that said “Home of the TurDucKen: As seen on the Food Network.” It was the kind of sign that couldn’t help but make me curious. It hung proudly on the Alpine Steakhouse, which is a […]

Sure, the Christmas Tree at NYC’s Rockefeller Center may be a tourist mecca, but I love it anyway. While that massive tree is one of the world’s most famous Christmas displays, most cities around the world deck the streets, parks and squares for Christmas. A round-the-world tour for the month of December to see all […]

I eagerly followed along Nancy D. Brown‘s travels through Norway this summer on her blog, What a Trip. I’ve never been to Scandinavia, so I really enjoyed reading about her experiences in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim. But it somewhere that I had never even heard of – Alesund, a small city on Norway’s western coast – that […]

(This lovely NYC brownstone pictured above is not, to my knowledge, haunted. But you never know.) Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. The decorations, costumes and candy — I love it all. Especially the haunted houses, which are more about kitsch and special effects than actual ghosts. Whenever I’ve been in Great Britain, I’ve […]

(photo by A Lady in London) When I wrote about which restaurants to dine at along the route of the NYC Marathon, I intended the guide to be for spectators not participants. But after hearing about the Medoc Marathon (pictured above) in southwestern France, I may have to rethink this. Julie, who writes the entertaining travel blog, A Lady […]

There’s a new viral video on YouTube that gives you a very quick tour of the U.S. This guy walks across America (NYC to San Francisco) in under two minutes, rarely pausing except to admire the Lincoln Monument and Mt. Rushmore. OK, so maybe it’s a stealth ad for Levi, but it’s still pretty cool. […]

Is Sea Life Oberhausen on your itinerary for your trip to Germany? What, you’re not even planning to make a pilgrimage to this industrial, northwestern German city? But it’s home to Paul the Psychic Octopus! Paul’s claim to fame is that he predicted eight out of eight World Cup wins — one for every arm. […]

When I made Switzerland a stop in my post-college backpacking spree 10 years ago, I was immediately impressed by how clean, beautiful and orderly it is. I went to Leysin, Interlaken and Lucerne. I didn't make it to Zurich, which is apparently so lovely that on Sunday a circus elephant escaped just to take a […]