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Turkish Airlines Introduces Culture to the Skies
As a travel writer and frequent flyer on many different airlines around the world, I am seldom impressed with onboard flight innovations that usually are designed to appeal to an elite, select few. But Turkish Airlines, the flag carrier for Türkiye (Turkey), just...
The Appenzell Region of Switzerland: Cows, Cheese, and Yodels
It's a massive understatement to say that the Appenzell region of Switzerland has character. It's exactly how you hope the German part of Switzerland will be. Well-known among the Swiss as the most traditional area in the country, its inhabitants remain astoundingly...
How to Get The Most Out of Your River Cruise
River cruises are among the most popular forms of vacation, offering virtually every amenity available on larger cruise ships but at an affordable price. They also feature enticing, unique itineraries often unavailable with their bigger rivals. My favorite river...
Restaurant Review: Vegan French Cuisine at NYC’s Delice & Sarrasin
Vegan and French cuisine sound like quite the mismatch, but Delice & Sarrasin in Manhattan's West Village makes it work. There aren't that many vegan fine dining establishments, even in NYC, but this place qualifies. The ambience is elegant but not fussy. The...
Travel News & Advice – December 30, 2024
FTC in the U.S. passes law about "junk fees." This new law prohibits bait-and-switch pricing that hides fees at hotels and in live-event ticketing. It's about time, right? But bear in mind that this doesn't prohibit fees, just the hiding of them. Free city tours...
Ancient Theater Themes Could Apply to Present USA Politics
I decided to go back and reread some of the theatrical plays of antiquity that I had read many years ago as part of my high school curriculum. I dusted off my copies of Euripides, Sophocles, and Aristophanes and started going through them, especially looking at what...
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Destinations
The Appenzell Region of Switzerland: Cows, Cheese, and Yodels
It's a massive understatement to say that the Appenzell region of Switzerland has character. It's exactly how you hope the German part of Switzerland will be. Well-known among the Swiss as the most traditional area in the country, its inhabitants remain astoundingly...
Hotels, Resorts, Spas
Hotel Review: The Luxurious Hotel Imperial Vienna
Many hotels fancy themselves as “Grand” and “Royal,” but in the case of Vienna’s Hotel Imperial, the description can be taken literally. Custom-built in 1863 as Palais Württenberg, it was designed and constructed as a residence for Duke Philipp of Württemberg, who...
Food, Wine, Spirits
Making Fondue
When we first started making fondue, we doubled the recipe, which meant we needed a larger pot to prepare the meal. We found that the Le Creuset Enameled Cast Iron Cocotte spreads the heat evenly. It isn't as light as a traditional earthenware coquelon, but it has two...
Cruise & Sail
Whale Watching from New York City – You Read That Right!
A lot of visitors and locals aren't aware that you can watch whales from Manhattan and Brooklyn in NYC. And I'm talking some major whale watching! I recently took a cruise from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn with American Princess Cruises, where we saw seven humpback...
Museums, Entertainment
A Blast From the Past: Temptations and Four Tops Coming to NJPAC
What a lovely blast from the past! Motown legends The Temptations and The Four Tops practically defined popular American music in the late 1950s and 1960s, along with the other performers on the Motown roster. They will be in concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts...
Travel Advice, News
How to Get The Most Out of Your River Cruise
River cruises are among the most popular forms of vacation, offering virtually every amenity available on larger cruise ships but at an affordable price. They also feature enticing, unique itineraries often unavailable with their bigger rivals. My favorite river...