Nightlife
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
When last we posted about Zach Anner, it was to inform you that he and reddit had partnered up to launch an online series called "Riding Shotgun." The premise is simple, albeit it a great example of next-gen multi-media. Zach, who has cerebral palsy and is confined to a ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
Each evening at the stroke of 8 p.m., Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour is illuminated with a cacophony of dancing lights and laser beams, accompanied by a blaring soundtrack of synthesized music. It's the Hong Kong Tourism Commission's Symphony of Lights, a wonderfully ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
Oyster aficionados and hunter-gatherer types will want to hoof it to Seattle this winter for a moonlight adventure of the briny kind. Fifth-generation, family-owned Taylor Shellfish Farms is hosting its annual "Walrus & Carpenter Picnics" on January 8, and February 7, to ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
New Year's Eve is fast approaching, so what better time to provide a list of hangover cures from around the world? Our friends at Alice Marshall Public Relations in New York asked some of their clients about local versions of hair-of-the-dog. Unsurprisingly, the preferred ...
by Kyle Ellison (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
As I squeeze the last bits of orange garnish into my pint of Blue Moon, a man to my left is having his nostrils plugged by a gyrating set of female genitals.
Releasing him from the flesh cave, the attractive blonde stripper – to the immense enjoyment of the ...
by David Farley (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
There are parties and then there are parties in which one of the guests is standing in the corner caressing a dead mallard duck. Then again, this is Amsterdam and it's sometimes hard to tell if one is hallucinating from taking too much ... um, jetlag, or if, in this ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that Reno has historically not been one of my favorite places to visit. But I spend a fair amount of time passing through, because my brother and his family live nearby, in the ski town of Truckee. Flying into Reno is convenient ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
Come December, New York City becomes a veritable mecca of holiday shops, festivals and bazaars. Most tourists are familiar with the classic gift emporiums at Grand Central, Bryant Park and Union Square. But those markets tend to turn off the newer, younger, more ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
I was wandering around the Lower East Side last Friday night when I heard screaming and saw New York's Rickshaw Spider-Man entertaining passengers and pedestrians alike at the street corner. I stood in awe and watched him, Shaun Emerson, as he glided up and down smooth ...
by Micheline Maynard (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
Everyone who visits New Orleans has strolled through the French Quarter at least once (whether they remember or not). Many shoppers have walked some of the three miles of Magazine Street's commercial zone, while football fans have made their way through the Central ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
If you've traveled with any kind of regularity, I'm sure at some point or another you've found yourself in a new city with some spare time on your hands but unsure of what you should do. A guidebook can sometimes be of assistance, but they're often out of date even before ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Is your love of travel part of your identity? Have you trawled every Southeast Asian backwater, and explored the twisting streets and alleyways of little-known European cities? Whether your adventurous spirit takes you abroad for work or pleasure, chances are you've seen ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Remember scavenger hunts? The game where individuals or teams go out into the world to gather the items on predetermined list? Whoever gets them all first wins? Great.
In a unique twist on the game, UrbanQuest is a scavenger hunt in a great city that ends at a ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Here's a bit of nostalgia for all you old-time New Yorkers out there.
This mini-documentary on Times Square really captures my memories of it from the 1980s. Walking around there with my friends at night was a gritty, sleazy, surreal experience. Touts tried to sell you ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
Earlier this week South African Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk told a diverse crowd that gathered at AMARIDIAN, a prestigious New York gallery, that his country is on pace to break previous records for international arrivals. The Minister said that there has ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
One of Europe's oldest and greatest cities, Dublin not only retains its historic and cultural identity, but hosts a variety of current, relevant attractions. With a wide variety of friendly bars, stylish shops, elegant restaurants and sidewalk cafes, deciding what to do ...
by Jessica Festa (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Gin martini, mint julep, manhattan, old-fashioned, sidecar – these classic cocktail favorites are nothing new in the world of libations. In fact, they've been around since Prohibition, standing the test of time, exemplifying a certain class of drinks that focuses on ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (12 months ago)
If you're a male who urinates in public bathrooms and likes the sound of an electric guitar, the Guitar Pee made by Billboard Brasil is a urinal you'll have to try out for yourself the next time you're in Sao Paulo. The Guitar Pee is a guitar-shaped urinal brilliantly ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
If you grow up in Southern California, school field trips to the Griffith Observatory are practically a requirement. For whatever reason, I always found the Planetarium more frightening than enlightening, especially in the sixth grade, when David Fink threw up on me on the ...
by Jessica Festa (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
After hiking the Inca Trail outside Cuzco and exploring the museums in the bustling city of Lima, many travelers agree they crave nothing more than a relaxing setting and a beautiful beach. If you're making your way north, a worthwhile stop is Mancora, thought by many locals ...
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