Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:30AM: I grew up in Detroit. I love my city and will be the first tell anyone who thinks it's nothing but a boarded up hellhole just how wrong they are. But I know Detroit's bad rap comes not only from suburb-dwellers and business travelers who just breezed through, but also from the media that portrays it as a city with nothing to offer other than casinos and a punchline. But maybe the tide is changing. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:30AM: I grew up in Detroit. I love my city and will be the first tell anyone who thinks it's nothing but a boarded up hellhole just how wrong they are. But I know Detroit's bad rap comes not only from suburb-dwellers and business travelers who just breezed through, but also from the media that portrays it as a city with nothing to offer other than casinos and a punchline. But maybe the tide is changing. ...Ten musical destinations that will rock your world
Aug 24th, 2009 at 10:00AM:
Music has a way of taking you on a journey. Like any great trip, the songs that inspire us are filled with joyous highs and sobering lows, unexpected revelations and exotic uncertainties. It's only natural then that each of us seeks out music during our travels. Whether it's a CD stand in a bustling market in Morocco or a classically-trained violinist playing on a street corner in Paris, music ...Big up Kingston - Pirates & Parrotfish in Port Royal
Jul 1st, 2009 at 2:30PM: It's June 1692, and you're a resident of Port Royal, a thriving settlement in the harbor of modern-day Kingston. As you gaze at the cerulean-blue harbor, your eyes linger on the silhouettes of several privateer ships. The English crown has given these ships free reign to prey upon enemy Spanish galleons loaded with gold and silver, and they've taken to the task with relish. In Port Royal, the ...Gadling Take FIVE: Week of June 20-June 26
Jun 28th, 2009 at 9:10PM: With a week where we've added a new blogger to the Gadling fold, I didn't want to pass up the chance formally give Stephen Greenwood a hearty welcome. He's going to be dazzling us with posts from his current home in Hong Kong. Tune into his Dim Sum Dialogues.
This has been a busy weekend. With ComFEST, the mega community arts festival taking over Columbus's Goodale Park and terrific weather for ...Big up Kingston - The Spanish Court Hotel
Jun 26th, 2009 at 3:30PM: Hotels provoke strong reactions among travelers. Stay at a really terrible, cookie-cutter property, and it's likely to color an entire trip. Just the opposite is also true - when a traveler finds himself at truly unique hotel, aligned with the rhythms and particularities of a destination, tempered by friendly hospitality, it can vastly improve any travel experience. With these two extremes in ...Big up Kingston - Sunday brunch with a view
Jun 25th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Sunday brunch is an institution in Jamaica. After church services (around 65% of Jamaicans are Christian) it's perhaps the second most popular Sunday ritual. Families gather together to enjoy a leisurely meal of Jamaican culinary specialties and enjoy each other's company. Although Kingston visitors can find a Jamaican Sunday brunch at any number of local spots, perhaps one of the most famous is ...Big up Kingston - Welcome to the real Jamaica
Jun 22nd, 2009 at 2:00PM: In Jamaican slang they like to use the phrase big up. It's a term intended to bestow respect, giving a shout-out to its recipient in recognition of specific talent or excellence. In Kingston, Jamaica's capital and largest city, "big up" is a phrase that rings particularly true. Kingston is very much a city on the brink, a renowned capital of reggae, Caribbean culture and stories of rum and ...Undiscovered New York - Going Dutch
Jun 10th, 2009 at 10:00AM: 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of New York's "discovery" by a Dutch expedition led by explorer Henry Hudson. Way back in 1609, Hudson (who was actually British) and a small crew of Dutch sailors steered their vessel through the small gap between Staten Island and Long Island and into New York Harbor. Before them laid a vast wilderness, thick with old-growth forests and teeming with wildlife ...Daily deal - Kingston 16GB DataTraveler USB drive for $19.99
Dec 14th, 2008 at 6:00PM: Like most memory products, USB flash drives have dropped in price at an insane rate this year. My daily deal for today is no different. 16GB of USB storage for a mere $20 is about 5 times cheaper than it was a year ago. The only thing dropping at this speed is the price of gas. Drives like this are perfect for carrying all kinds of files, including scans of important documents, or for installing ...Daily deal - Kingston 2GB SD card shipped for $4!
Oct 21st, 2008 at 12:30PM: My deal deal for today is for the Kingston 2GB SD memory card. This card has finally reached a silly price point; just $3.99 including shipping. When you realize that the first 1GB card launched in 2004 for $499, you'll see just how fast prices have dropped on memory in recent years. This card is perfect for your digital camera and certain mobile phones, but it is not the fastest kind of SD ...Barrington Irving to Fly Solo Around the World
Aug 24th, 2006 at 9:51AM: Jamaicans.com has a good interview on 22-year old Jamaican-American, Barrington Irving who is set to fly solo around the world on September 1, 2006. While others have flown solo around the planet breaking records and setting them Irving would be the youngest to fly solo if completed. He'd also be the first of African descent to complete the trip. With the permission of the Consulate and Jamaica's ...
