Ommegang: A Belgian Beer Festival in Cooperstown
There’s no more appropriate place to channel Jerry Stiller and shout “Festivus” than at a beer festival. (You can get away with a lot at events where the focus is on booze.) Even more appropriate would...
View ArticleBest Fall Festivals in Brooklyn
Autumn in New York is the greatest time to visit the state. Upstate’s fall foliage is beatific, Long Island’s surf is epic, the city’s weather is perfect, and Brooklyn’s festival season is in full...
View ArticleMan Gets Facial
My weekend in Sunny Isles, Florida was set to be a father-son-getaway. The tourist board invited me down and asked what activities I wanted to do. My father is quite content reading the newspaper,...
View ArticleNew York City Taco Tour Part Two: An Eating Marathon
Earlier this year, my friend Eric and I toured the East Side of New York City in search of Manhattan’s best taco. When my two Australian friends came to visit back in November, they asked me “What’s...
View ArticleJewish Christmas in New York
Every December 25th, Jews around the world take part in the traditional Christmas dinner of wonton soup and chow fun. This year, I decided to set up the Jewish Christmas Food Tour for anyone to...
View ArticleTravel Reflections: 2013
2013 was an incredible year for me. It was the first complete year of Somewhere Or Bust and my travel writing brought me to seven states, four countries, and one house crammed with travel bloggers. I...
View ArticleFunny Travel Photos
When we commute to work, let’s say, we’re not very observant. We multitask between phones and newspapers or we fidget with the radio dial and monitor our road rage. The same goes for when we walk...
View ArticleSaint David and the Dylan Thomas Walking Tour
On the final night of February, 2014, as New Yorkers prepared for March, a month most connected to spring and St. Patrick, I rode the elevator to the twentieth floor of the Yale Club. In the ballroom...
View ArticleThe Best Dim Sum in NYC
Ever since I returned from Hong Kong, I’ve had dim sum on my mind. It’s hard not to when my work-day commute and trip to see my parents takes me through America’s third and first largest Chinatowns,...
View ArticleHow to Take Over the Lap Pool at Your Hotel
Over the past six months it’s been hard for me to find time to work out. In September, in a quite dramatic drive to break a 0-0 tie between the shirts and the skins, I tore my hamstring. Then, I was...
View ArticleHave You Seen This Couple?
On a trip to Toronto’s Chinatown district, I turned to my left and saw an advertisement for massage. (The ad is featured in the picture above.) Then I turned to my right and noticed that the next...
View ArticleKayaking Misadventures: Twisters and Connecticut
Prior to my most recent trip to Connecticut, as a New Yorker, I can’t recall many excursions to the Constitution State. Heading north from Long Island always had me destined for the surf or the...
View ArticleCan I Enter Dubai With an Israeli Stamp in my Passport?
The other day, somebody asked me: “Can I enter Dubai with an Israeli stamp in my passport?” I didn’t have a definitive answer for them, but I definitely had the same question when I traveled to the...
View ArticleSmorgasburg: A Day for Foodie Fathers
When Marissa and I were expecting, a father of two young children told me that he wished there was a blog that told parents where to dine with their kids. I told him that there probably were a number...
View ArticleTake Your Pants Off in St. Lucia
“You need to take your pants off,” the customs official told my wife. He pointed down at Marissa’s spandex Lululemon camouflage yoga pants. He was indifferent to our infant daughter, who Marissa...
View ArticleOne Hour in the Airport: A Nightclub Experience
Most people whinge about the time they’re forced to wait in an airport terminal prior to boarding. But an airport terminal should be a more appreciated place. I would even argue a place where someone...
View ArticleEnter to Win Dinner for Two at Lolo’s Seafood Shack in NYC
Let me start by saying there is quite an incentive to visiting this post. You, dear reader, can win a dinner for two, with a $50 value, to Lolo’s Seafood Shack by entering the raffle right here....
View ArticleMonday Night Brewing: Beer, Babies, and Small Female Dogs
When I was in college, Monday night was just an extension of the weekend. (So too were Tuesday through Thursday.) But when you strap on the tie and white-collar yourself to the corporate world, Funday...
View ArticleQueens Taste
I love the idea of tasting a borough. And of all of the boroughs to taste, Queens, the most ethnically diverse, sounds most delicious. (Tasting Queens also sounds the most regal and ribald, but that’s...
View ArticleLooking to Leave Roseau
While I was in Dominica’s largest city Roseau, which is more like a quaint little capital that feels like New Orleans without the Jazz or the party or the food, I was looking to leave Roseau. While...
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