Oct 21st, 2009 at 12:30PM:
I lived in Seattle for two years, and I'd venture a guess that if the 16,000 or so hours I spent there were broken down, a good 10,000 of them would have been spent eating my way around the city. Based on my highly scientific research (aka, trying nearly every restaurant in town), here are my picks for the top places in Seattle every food-loving tourist should try.
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Oct 21st, 2009 at 12:30PM:
I lived in Seattle for two years, and I'd venture a guess that if the 16,000 or so hours I spent there were broken down, a good 10,000 of them would have been spent eating my way around the city. Based on my highly scientific research (aka, trying nearly every restaurant in town), here are my picks for the top places in Seattle every food-loving tourist should try.
Piroshky Piroshky ...The Waldorf-Astoria kindly requests that you dress up for a trip to their Starbucks
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Aug 27th, 2009 at 5:00PM:
The Waldorf-Astoria may be one of the few remaining hotels with a bit of class. Even a stroll through their lobby requires guests to leave the tank top, faded jeans, cut-offs and casual hats at home. This is after all the hotel where the rich, famous and royal often spend their time in New York.
But what about popping downstairs for a tall caramel latte at Starbucks? Forget it - even ...Unaccompanied minor told to drink coffee by Northwest Airlines employee - gets sick
May 5th, 2009 at 12:30PM: We'll file this one under "lawsuit in the making". When Payton Parkerson was on her way to see her mother, she was flying as an unaccompanied minor - something she'd done several times before. This trip would turn out to be quite different. During a layover in Detroit, she mentioned to the Northwest Airlines employee accompanying her that she was tired. Instead of providing a listening ear or a ...A scent of place
May 4th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Smells have an uncanny way of transporting me back to some far-away place, often without my even realizing what's happening. For an entire year, every time I jogged past a nearby house I was smacked with memories of Ireland, where I lived for six months. Finally, after nearly making myself crazy trying to figure out what the smell was, I realized that they were burning coal. It was the scent of ...China mall opens fake Starbucks, McDonald's and Pizza Hut
Jan 7th, 2009 at 4:00PM: In addition to being a complex, beautiful and rapidly changing country, we've all heard that China is a copyright lawyer's worst nightmare. A place rife with pirated DVD's, software and all manner of luxury clothing and handbag knockoffs. It seems that pirated goods have become such a lucrative industry that the country is now dedicating an entire mall to the concept. According to recent news ...Galley Gossip: Gifts for the flight attendant (and frequent flier)
Dec 19th, 2008 at 9:00AM: Here it is, what you've been waiting for, my 2008 list of holiday gifts for that special flight attendant (or frequent flier) in your life...
1. STARBUCKS GIFT CARD - Because there's a Starbucks in every city - and every airport. Most travelers I know can't start the day without a good cup of coffee. Note I said good. The coffee on the airplane is not good, and you know it, so don't act surprised ...Three freebie treats on Election Day
Nov 3rd, 2008 at 9:30AM: After you head to the polls to vote on Tuesday, stop in a Krispe Kreme donut place, a Starbucks or a Ben and Jerry's ice-cream for a free thanks for voting treat.
As blogger Beth Pinsker wrote on WalletPop, Krispe Kreme doesn't care who you voted for, but that you voted. If you show up wearing your "I Voted" sticker you'll get a special star-shaped donut with red, white and blue sprinkles. Some ...First Starbucks in Prague is a hit
Mar 9th, 2008 at 10:30AM: It's been a couple of months since Starbucks opened their first Czech Republic location. And, you guessed it, it is smashing success, and not only with tourists.
I remember just a few years ago the idea of a $4 cup of coffee was a science fiction concept in this country. Not today, with the Czech koruna hitting all time highs against the dollar day after day, $4 for a cup of coffee is no longer ...Russia Gets its First Starbucks
Sep 8th, 2007 at 4:06PM: While the Forbidden City is forbidding Starbucks, the global coffee chain finally opened its doors in Russia two years after it won a legal battle to protect its brand in the Russian market. It took long enough. McDonald's has been there since 1990, so I'm surprised it took Starbucks over 10 years to set up shop in Russia. The shop is located in a Mega shopping mall in Khimki, just north of ...Vietnamese Coffee
Aug 27th, 2007 at 8:36AM: I'm waiting for Vietnamese coffee shops to sprout like Starbucks in mini-malls all over America. Such a coffee-crazed country is a ripe market for a drink so strong, rich, and crazily caffeinated.
I was prepared for pho (Vietnamese noodle soup) when planning my trip, as Anchorage already has a couple of Vietnamese restaurants. But I was completely taken aback by the quality of Vietnam's coffee, ...Caffeinated in Seattle
Aug 15th, 2007 at 1:32PM: Greetings from the Pacific Northwest! Man, is this a beautiful piece of the planet or what. On that perfect sunny day in Seattle--like today--you'd be hard-pressed to find a more picturesque city (sorry, Prague).
Although I lived here a few years ago, I forgot how many coffee shops there are! Literally one on every block and they keep multiplying. And it's not just Starbucks, although the ...GADLING'S TAKE FIVE: Week of July 15
Jul 20th, 2007 at 10:59PM: Here we are again at another weeks end. As quirky as we are at times it seems there are still many good practical pickings out there to explore. If you need tips to arrive alive or help in a travel insurance purchase check out some of these. Oh, and if you need someone to do the sight-seeing for you we've found a little something in that department too. 5. Americano To Go (Away from Forbidden ...Americano To Go (Away from Forbidden City)
Jul 16th, 2007 at 11:30AM: Following up on Neil's post, the Starbucks in Forbidden City is in fact, closing. The Chinese have gathered 500,000 signatures that caused the management to shut it down.
Is that good or bad news?
Tim Footman of The Guardian expresses a concern in his column today that "in a global market of implied cultural signifiers, absolutely any product - even a cup of mediocre coffee - seems to have the ...A Peek into the Future of Dubai
Jun 18th, 2007 at 8:40PM: Today, the city of Dubai announced it has purchased the Queen Elizabeth 2, "one of the world's most majestic cruise liners," to convert into a luxury hotel. The QE2 will be completely renovated and parked at the world's largest man-made island, Palm Jumeirah. The restoration process will stay true to the original design of the ship, and a museum will be built inside to educate visitors on the ...
