Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:00PM:
As the end of each year approaches, I try to take stock of the preceding 12 months, to absorb and assess the adventures, inner and outer. Reviewing this year, I've been filled with gratitude and wonder to realize that this has been one of the most enriching, exhilarating years I've had in a long time, especially the past six months, when I managed to squeeze six special trips into an ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Magical Moments Of 2012: A Personal Review
Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:00PM:
As the end of each year approaches, I try to take stock of the preceding 12 months, to absorb and assess the adventures, inner and outer. Reviewing this year, I've been filled with gratitude and wonder to realize that this has been one of the most enriching, exhilarating years I've had in a long time, especially the past six months, when I managed to squeeze six special trips into an ...Photo Of The Day: Cancun Landscape
Dec 13th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
There are certain images we see in our social network feeds over and over, especially at certain times of year: the Thanksgiving turkey, the decorated Christmas tree, and the vacation favorite: the bare feet on a beach chair (recently called "the loneliest pic in the world" on TV's "Up All Night"), alcoholic beverage in hand. Today's Photo of the Day is thankfully foot-free, though the image is ...Photo Of The Day: Thanks For Flying
Nov 22nd, 2012 at 5:00PM:
Happy Thanksgiving, and hola from the Dominican Republic, where I'm spending the holiday with family and friends. Rather than searching the Gadling Flickr pool for a turkey (or Turkey, where I spent the last two Thanksgiving holidays) photo this year, I wanted to see what came up for the term "thanks," and found this pic from our own Kent Wien, boarding an American Airlines airplane in ...The Trick To Surviving Thanksgiving On The Road
Nov 21st, 2012 at 12:00PM:
I woke up last Thanksgiving with plenty to be thankful for. The sun was shining. The air was fragrant. Outside my guesthouse window, rice paddies extended as far as the eye could see. I was in Bali, for Christ's sake. There wasn't much to complain about.
Yet, I felt empty. Thanksgiving is one of the toughest days to travel, especially when you're alone. For a while, I puttered around ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: Don't Take Your Thanksgiving Turkey For Granted
Nov 20th, 2012 at 10:00AM: For some Americans living overseas, finding a Thanksgiving turkey can be an ordeal. Not every American eats turkey on Thanksgiving Day, but when you live outside the country, these kinds of cherished American traditions can take on a sense of heightened importance to the point where re-creating an American style Thanksgiving dinner, even if you're in Dushanbe or Khartoum, becomes an obsession.
...Learn A Culinary History Of Thanksgiving In America
Oct 31st, 2012 at 12:00PM: Ever wonder how pumpkin pie and roast turkey came to be synonymous with Thanksgiving? You may want to get yourself to Brooklyn restaurant The Farm on Adderley on November 13, when food blogger and "historic gastronomist" Sarah Lohman hosts an evening of "American Cookery" with a culinary history of Thanksgiving. Taste and learn about all of the holiday favorites, from mashed potatoes to green bean ...Planning An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Dinner, Portlandia-Style
Oct 28th, 2012 at 2:30PM:
About four years ago, I wrote an Edible Aspen story on Brook LeVan, a farmer friend of mine who lives in western Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley. Brook and his wife, Rose (that's them, in the photo), raise heritage turkeys, among other things, and part of my assignment was to ask him how to celebrate a locally sourced, cold-climate Thanksgiving.
Brook, whom i've since dubbed "The Messiah of ...Photo of the day - Toronto turkey
Nov 24th, 2011 at 6:00PM:
It's Thanksgiving today in America, and thus time for the obligatory turkey-related photo. Our friends over at Matador called our attention to this turkey-shaped building in Canada, of all places. The University of Toronto's John P. Robarts research library was designed to look like a peacock, but bears more of a resemblance to tonight's main course. The concrete and vaguely Soviet structure was ...Tucson's beloved Grill restaurant closes
Nov 24th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Today marks my second Thanksgiving outside of the US (in Turkey, ironically) and as nostalgic as I am for Pepperidge Farm stuffing and canned cranberry sauce, this week I am missing another important piece of my past: the Grill restaurant in Tucson, Arizona. A landmark of downtown Tucson for decades, Grill (true regulars know to leave off the "the") shut its doors this week, leaving many current ...Automotive accidents mapped out by state. Drive safe this Thanksgiving!
Nov 23rd, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Looking for a reason to "drive carefully" as they say about holiday travel by car? This graphic from The Guardian of automotive accidents mapped out by state should be plenty of reason to get holiday drivers in the right frame of mind for going over the river and through the woods to grandmothers house.
"Auto travel remains the preferred method of travel this Thanksgiving with 38.2 ...
Mammoth Mountain offers Thanksgiving with all the trimmings
Nov 22nd, 2011 at 8:00AM: Want to hit the ski slopes this Thursday without sacrificing the traditional Thanksgiving dinner? Than consider adding California's Mammoth Mountain to the list of your turkey day traditions. Several of the resort's restaurants will be serving up plenty of great food throughout the day, giving you the opportunity to play in the fresh powder, while still celebrating the holiday to the fullest.
...American students bring Thanksgiving's message of coexistence to the Middle East
Nov 21st, 2011 at 12:00PM: This Thanksgiving, holiday traditions and messages are going farther than the family dinner table. In fact, they are going all the way to the Middle East as American young adults spending time abroad will be spreading the message of coexistence throughout diverse communities by recreating the Thanksgiving feast from their childhood.
Masa Israel Journey, a project of the Jewish Agency for Israel ...A different kind of Thanksgiving without the annoying relatives
Nov 20th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Looking for a different kind of Thanksgiving? Still waiting to see who in the family is going to offer their humble abode to celebrate the day? Dreading the thought of fighting the local supermarket for the last can of candied yams? The Ritz-Carlton in Fort Lauderdale has a better idea. Forget all that, leave the annoying relatives at home and come see them instead.
Guests at The Ritz-Carlton, ...Video of the day: a goaty guide to pronouncing foreign cheeses
Nov 12th, 2011 at 4:00PM: The holidays are Cheese Season. At no other time of the year are cheese and specialty food shops as thronged by dairy-seeking customers. They're hungry for a fix or searching for a gift, recipe ingredient, or the makings of a cheese plate. Cheese is love, and one of the easiest, most elegant ways to kick off a cocktail party or conclude (or make) a memorable meal.
With that in mind, the folks ...
Five sustainable alternatives to turkey this Thanksgiving or holiday season
Nov 7th, 2011 at 12:00PM: If you expected to see "Tofurkey" anywhere in this article, you clearly aren't familiar with my work. Nope, no textured vegetable protein here.
As a kid--an obnoxiously picky eater, at that--turkey was on my lengthy list of foods to avoid. I suspect it was the notoriously dried-out birds of my youth that caused my aversion. Today, I like turkey, but it's honestly not one of my favorite eating ...Knocked up abroad: prenatal care and pregnancy advice in a foreign country
Feb 22nd, 2011 at 11:30AM: See part 1 of Knocked up abroad: getting pregnant in a foreign country here.
One of the best parts of my experience so far with pregnancy in a foreign country has been the excellent medical care I have in Istanbul. Like many other expats before me, as soon as I took a positive pregnancy test, I called up the American Hospital for an appointment. The hospital treats many foreigners each year, is ...The five busiest air travel weeks of 2010
Jan 16th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
So, when did we hit the road last year? There are some times of year that are more hectic than others, and we all know to avoid airports when we can. Yet, there are some weeks that bring crowded terminals even when we wouldn't expect it. We all know the insanity of flying the day before Thanksgiving, but there are other time that can be brutal, as well.
Looking back on 2010, Orbitz has ...Photo of the day (11.25.10)
Nov 25th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
The busiest travel day in America has come and gone, was it really that bad?! After all the hype and hubbub, I figured we could all used a nice zen picture of an empty airport and this shot by jrodmanjr was a perfect palate cleanser.
By this time on Thanksgiving Day, you're either stuffed full of turkey in front of the tv, or putting on your stretchy waistband pants in anticipation of an ...Stay like pardoned turkeys "Apple" and "Cider" at D.C.'s W Hotel
Nov 25th, 2010 at 11:30AM: This may be a sad, sad day for most turkeys, but not Apple and Cider. President Obama chose these two birds for his annual pardon, a feat he compares to being on Dancing With The Stars, but "the stakes for the contestants was much higher...life."
"They've been living it up on corn feed at the W Hotel," said Obama. "That's great advertising ... makes me want to stay at the W."
In case you ...
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon inflation
Nov 25th, 2010 at 10:30AM:
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade always attracts a crowd from the Upper West Side of Manhattan down to W. 34th Street, where you'll find the store for which the parade is named. It can be exciting to cram onto the streets and see each of the floats and balloons roll by. Even if it is chilly outside, with the coffee in your hands quickly growing cold, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, ...
