Apr 2nd, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling; largely because music is a great way to get to know a place. This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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On The Road With NPR Music: John Vettese At WXPN, Philadelphia
Apr 2nd, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling; largely because music is a great way to get to know a place. This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all ...Airports As Art Galleries? London Says Yes
Nov 1st, 2012 at 12:00PM:
Airports around the world have a lot of wall space to fill. Cavernous spaces inside terminals often mimic outside parking spaces wide enough for jumbo jets. To fill that space, those who plan airports use huge sculptures, gigantic paintings and other works of art. Now, London's Gatwick airport will be the home to several works by British pop artist Sir Peter Blake.
Best known for his design ...Philadelphia Takes Top Spot For Most Bedbug Infested City
Jun 12th, 2012 at 1:00PM: Taking an award that no city wants to win, Philadelphia has won the dubious title of most bedbug-infested U.S. city, according to the annual Most Bedbug-Infested Cities ranking, released today by Terminix.
Philadelphia took the top spot from New York City, which held the title for two years. While you're at it, stay away from Ohio as well, which has three cities – Cincinnati, Columbus and ...Museum Month: Pizza Brain, Philadelphia's Pizza Museum
May 16th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
The world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia will soon be housed in an unlikely home - not Italy, or New York or even Connecticut, but in Philadelphia, a city better known for its hoagies and its cheesesteaks than its 'za.
But thanks to 27-year-old Brian Dwyer, the Guinness World Record holder of pizza memorabilia, the dream to open a pizza-themed museum will become a reality late ...Museum Month: Mütter Museum In Philadelphia
May 14th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
The Mütter Museum is not for the squeamish. Brimming with medical oddities, pathological specimens and antique medical equipment, it's where you'll find a book bound in human flesh, dried severed hands, a two-headed baby in formaldehyde, Albert Einstein's brain and a collection of objects that have been swallowed and removed. There's also a nine-foot-long human colon that contained 40 ...
Celebrate The Works Of Maurice Sendak In Philadelphia
May 8th, 2012 at 2:30PM: If I had to pinpoint my very first pang of wanderlust, my memories would take me all the way back to the age of 5 or 6, when I first learned about Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are." While the main character Max is sequestered in his bedroom without dinner, he conjures up images of a "ceiling hung with vines" and "sailing in and out of weeks" aboard a "private boat" to "where the wild ...Celebration To Promote Mexico In Familiar Neighborhood Setting
Apr 16th, 2012 at 3:00PM: De Pueblo a Pueblo is an eight-week celebration that begins later this month in Philadelphia. The first-ever festival will honor Philadelphia's local Mexican community by promoting greater understanding of traditional arts, language and history of Mexico.
The citywide festival hopes to connect a growing Mexican population and their customs with a broader Philadelphia audience. In addition to ...Budget Travel Zen: 10 Free/Donation-Based Yoga Studios In The US
Apr 4th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Knotted shoulders... stiff necks... flight delay anxiety... pent-up aggression toward the armrest-hogger seated next to you on the plane. Travel certainly has its ways of winding you up, and there's nothing like a great yoga class to wind back down. But with trendy studios charging upwards of $25 per class, it can be difficult to find a practice that doesn't exceed your daily travel budget. ...Find hotel deals with new booking site Guestmob
Mar 22nd, 2012 at 2:00PM: The Internet has brought us many ways to research and book hotels at prices much lower than the hotels' published rate. Aggregate sites like Kayak and Orbitz give you the best available rate (BAR) without pre-payment on a specific hotel, while "opaque" sites like Priceline and Hotwire allow you to bid for a room below BAR but the actual property remains hidden until after you book and the purchase ...Virgin America expands with service to Philadelphia
Jan 17th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love Virgin America. The California-based airline has announced that starting April 4, 2012, they will offer three daily nonstop flights from Philadelphia (PHL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and two daily nonstop flights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) starting April 10, 2012.
Connecting flights will also be available from PHL ...
Philadelphia's trash and glass garden
Nov 21st, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Made entirely of found objects and contributions from the community, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens is a folk art environment that showcases the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
In 1968, Zagar and his wife came to Philadelphia after spending three years with the Peace Corps in Peru. Creating folk art all around his new city, he took an entire rowhouse on South Street and covered it with ...Host and experience budget-friendly local tours all over the United States
Oct 20th, 2011 at 12:00PM: HipHost, a new "peer-to-peer marketplace for socially-hosted local tours", not only gives travelers a way to experience new cities from a local's point of view, but also gives people an opportunity to make extra cash.
Anyone who wants to share their local knowledge can be a HipHost and design a tour based on anything they find interesting. Some tour topics include art, culture, fitness, ...Taking Denny's Tour of America
Aug 5th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
Denny's - America's Diner - recently introduced their Tour of America menu. The chain attempted to capture the essence of America's diverse cuisines in seven dishes and three beverages. However, it's not really a tour if you only order one meal. That simple thought led Gadling to send me to New Jersey with Erik Trinidad, food writer for the Huffington Post and creator of Fancy Fast Food, to ...Philadelphia cracks down on texting and walking
Jul 19th, 2011 at 2:30PM:
Philadelphia has taken what most savvy travelers would call a "safety" issue and turning it into a legal one ... sort of. The city is issuing warnings to pedestrians who walk down the street and text or play on their smartphones.
The practice, while annoying to other pedestrians and motorists who may suffer from your lack of paying attention, isn't illegal, but highly discouraged.
...Finding Philadelphia's Hotbed of Creativity
Jul 5th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Sitting in a kitchen in a loft on Third Street in Old City, talking to one of the most enthusiastic and driven people I've met in years, I began to wonder what would happen if I quit my job, moved to Philadelphia and started my own business. Alex Hillman, wearing a t-shirt that read "I <3 my internet friends," was selling me on the cheekily named co-working space Independents Hall, of which ...Fourth of July travel deals from Viator
Jun 27th, 2011 at 12:15PM: Sometimes the best things come to those who wait. If you're looking for some last minute Independence Day deals, our pals at Viator have pulled together a list of Fourth of July bargains to help travelers get the most out of their three-day weekend. From New York to Oahu, below are some suggestions that will have you seeing red, white and blue without spending a whole lot of green.
New York: ...Mummies of the World exhibition opens in Philadelphia
Jun 21st, 2011 at 9:30AM:
Mummies are endlessly fascinating. To see a centuries-old body so well preserved brings the past vividly to life. While Egyptian mummies get most of the press, bodies in many regions were mummified by natural processes after being deposited in peat bogs or very dry caves.
Mummies of the World is a state-of-the-art exhibition bringing together 150 mummies and related artifacts. It opened last ...500 Civil War reenactors march on Philadelphia - no, you aren't on a movie set
Apr 13th, 2011 at 10:00AM:
If you're visiting the City of Brotherly Love this weekend and stumble upon a field of Blue and Gray marching down the city, shouting about state's rights and ending slavery ... no, you haven't found a movie set. You've found the city's largest reenactment for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
A bit of background: On April 15, 1861 President Lincoln called for volunteers to ...A guide to America's most "offal" restaurants
Mar 11th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Even when I was a finicky kid subsisting on Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, I was intrigued by offal. No way in hell would I have eaten what are politely known in the food industry as "variety meats," but they sure looked intriguing.
As with most of my weird habits, I blame my dad for my fascination with animal guts. Growing up the daughter of a large animal vet, I spent most of my formative years ...Photo of the Day - Matryoshka dolls
Mar 6th, 2011 at 6:00PM:
For travelers, Russia is a country that is at once fascinating and baffling. An oft-cited metaphor for Russia's many charms and mysteries is the Matryoshka doll, a typical wooden figurine pictured in today's photo. At first glance, the Matryoshka appears to be a single doll, but when opened, reveals a series of ever-smaller figures inside. Adding to the mystery of today's photo, taken by ...
