The Best NYC iPhone Apps

Since I’ll be visiting the Big Apple again this year, I’ve been scouring the web for iPhone apps that will help me. I am particularly interested in apps that list restaurants, have transit maps, contain transit map schedules, and list free attractions in the city. Oh, have I hit the jackpot this week. Here are [...]

I Recommend Walgreens

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. As much as I love traveling and exploring new places, sometimes I really need a familiar “face” or place to ground me. If you have ever traveled extensively or have ever needed something very important while [...]

A Little Opinion About NYS Tourism Ads…

Next month is a big month for people involved in New York State tourism: the New York State Travel and Vacation Association is holding the Empire State Tourism Conference in Albany, from February 8th to the 10th. I won’t be able to attend, unfortunately. But that doesn’t hinder me from offering a few opinions about [...]

Tips For Out of Season Budget Travel

It’s almost winter here in the Western Hemisphere. This is a spectacular time to travel, both domestically and abroad! Prices are low, crowds are lower, and hotels and attractions are more desperate for the revenue. I love traveling in the off-season: I love the attentive treatment, the quiet aisles, the slower pace. Here are some [...]

Traveling with Children– Safe and Sane At the Same Time!

I think it’s easier for parents to travel with their children than at any other time previously. For one, there are more amusements and entertainments geared toward children than ever before– not only places to visit, but amusements for children during those long arduous car rides. I remember traveling with my parents as a kid, [...]

The Boring Traveler

The New York Times has a colorful travel section online, but I’ve generally avoided it because it revolves a world apart– a higher echelon– from me. I just can’t make myself get excited about wild nightclubs in Slovenia (the new liberation) or “Hawaii on a dime” (face it, if you’re going to vacation in Hawaii, [...]

In Search of the American Traveler

Over the summer, I had borrowed an audio version of the John Steinbeck book, Travels With Charley; In Search of America. It was very good listening while I pulled weeds and planted squash on those monotonous summer days. I have since remembered the anecdotes of the book from time to time (when I have quiet [...]

Expecting Too Much, AKA Travelphilosophism

How Travel Will Save the World is the latest post at Brave New Traveler. That’s a very brave statement. I think it’s taking travel to a level it does not belong: The belief that humanity is encompassed within a single community is called cosmopolitanism. A philosophy with ancient roots, its lineage begins with Diogenes: when [...]