Nov 25th, 2010 at 10:00AM: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I know some of you are reading this far from the USA, so I thought I'd let you know how I used to make expat Thanksgiving work. I went to college in England, which means that for three years, I had Thanksgiving as an expatriate. To this day, some of those memories remain among my favorites of any Thanksgiving spent anywhere, from realizing students from other programs ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Five tips for an expat Thanksgiving
Nov 25th, 2010 at 10:00AM: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I know some of you are reading this far from the USA, so I thought I'd let you know how I used to make expat Thanksgiving work. I went to college in England, which means that for three years, I had Thanksgiving as an expatriate. To this day, some of those memories remain among my favorites of any Thanksgiving spent anywhere, from realizing students from other programs ...10 Congested highways to make you lose your mind tonight
Nov 24th, 2010 at 3:30PM: We know that today and tomorrow, traffic is going to be brutal. With 42 million people traveling for the holiday – and 94 percent of them going by car – it's inevitable that someone's going to wind up frustrated. Throw in some nasty weather and highway construction, not to mention a handful of screaming kids, and you have a formula for misery.
Can it get any worse? The Weather ...Turkey-nomics: Five reasons airline fees irritate OpenSkies CEO this Thanksgiving
Nov 24th, 2010 at 12:00PM: We're all fed up with just about every aspect of air travel. The seats are cramped, the employees are rude and the TSA is trying to feel us up. We're told that fares are cheaper than ever, but nobody seems to care about the high rates of unemployment and under-employment that have come to characterize our economy ... meaning that these "cheap tickets" have a proportionately higher impact than ...Five reasons why you'll be miserable during Thanksgiving travel
Nov 23rd, 2010 at 2:00PM: We've all heard that the day before Thanksgiving is the busiest of the year for air travel. And, the roads tend to get clogged up with people going to visit friends and family – not to mention stuff their faces with turkey, potatoes and other traditional holiday fare. Travel isn't going to be fun tomorrow, but you already know that.
But, do you know why?
Personally, of course, I have ...Do Thanksgiving deals make hotels more appealing than staying at home?
Nov 22nd, 2010 at 2:00PM: I'm going home for Thanksgiving for the first time since moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to New York City. And rather than agreeing to sleep on the futon, I'm springing for a hotel room. Does choosing to stay in a hotel make me a bad person since the whole point of the holiday is to be with family?
As much as I love my family, I'm not too crazy about the idea of my 9-year-old niece and ...SkyMall Monday: Top ten things to stuff in the Turkey Cake Pan
Nov 22nd, 2010 at 1:00PM: It's Thanksgiving time once again in the good ol' US of A. That wonderful time of year when we slow down, take a break and acknowledge the people and things for which we are most thankful. Most people focus on the thanks. I like to focus on the ful(l). Here at SkyMall Monday headquarters, we love to stuff our faces on Thanksgiving. From stuffing to green bean casserole to, of course, turkey, ...Turkey with presidential pardon not going to Disneyland
Nov 20th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Each year just before Thanksgiving, the president pardons a turkey in a ceremony at the White House, saving that turkey from its likely fate atop a dining table. But this year, that turkey is not going to Disneyland.
Disney started flying the pardoned turkeys to California in 2005, when Disneyland was celebrating its 50th anniversary. The turkey has served as grand marshal of the the Disneyland ...Hotel chefs offer their best Thanksgiving recipes
Nov 19th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Thanksgiving is in less than week and if you're like me, you've thought about how great the dinner will be but haven't actually put any thought into building your menu. And who can blame you (us)? From deadlines to due dates to the mental preparation one needs in order to host Thanksgiving dinner, it's no wonder you (we) haven't had a moment to plan the menu.
Good news procrastinators: I put in ...
Five sleepy driving stats to scare you for Thanksgiving
Nov 11th, 2010 at 2:00PM: Are you heading over the river and through the woods for Thanksgiving this year? Well, you better stop for coffee along the way! A new study by AAA finds there's a pretty big number of sleepy drivers out there. Think about every 10 cars around you: there's a good chance at least one of those driver's has dozed off behind the wheel. So, how bad is the problem? Let's take a look at five sleepy ...Seven ways to escape the Black Friday shopping experience
Nov 5th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
Ahhh, Black Friday. Those that love it are die-hard shoppers, those that hate it would rather stick their arm in a blender than experience being crushed while trying to grab a discounted laptop out of the hands of killer bargain hunters.
Me? I'm firmly in the group that loves the idea of staying up all night to grab discounts that really make it barely worth the hassles. Still, there is ...Five reasons Thanksgiving travel will be miserable (by the numbers)
Nov 2nd, 2010 at 12:30PM: You may have gotten a break last year, but the 2010 Thanksgiving holiday will be a return for the norm. Fares are increasing, and traffic is following, as more passengers take to the skies thanks to a recovering economy. The Air Transport Association puts year-over-year Thanksgiving travel growth at 3.5 percent. This is enough to show the tide has turned, but it still doesn't compensate for the ...Top 10 New York hotels to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Oct 28th, 2010 at 11:30AM: The 84th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade takes place at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 25. Where will you be? If your plans take you to New York for the big event, you'd better start planning! The parade is equally about precision as it is the holidays -- to know where to sit, stand, and see everything makes all the difference.
HotelsCombined.com compiled a list of the Top 10 hotels along the parade ...Daily Pampering: Thanksgiving in Tuscany
Oct 15th, 2010 at 4:00PM: You could hang around the family dinner table at Thanksgiving, listening to Mom whine about the fact that you're still single and she has no grandchildren while Dad pours himself another scotch and Uncle Chester keeps missing his mouth and spilling stuffing all over his lap. Or, you could pack it up and head to Tuscany for a stay at The Castello di Vicarello, a 900-year-old castle that has been ...Traveling over Thanksgiving? Here's the best time to fly
Sep 28th, 2010 at 3:00PM:
The only thing that's worse than traveling through congested airports and highways during the Thanksgiving season is the airfare that's associated with it. Taking advantage of the demand, airlines perennially jack up the prices on everyday airfare, making the simplest of tickets outrageously expensive.
Naturally, the easiest way around these fares is to fly on lower-demand days, or not ...Southwest and Virgin celebrate Thanksgiving with sales
Nov 27th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Here are two more things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving - Southwest Airlines and Virgin America. Both carriers have announced Thanksgiving sales to celebrate the holiday.
Sample one-way fares in Southwest's seven-day sale include: Austin to Houston for $59, Baltimore to Chicago for $97, Chicago to Las Vegas for $148, Denver to Milwaukee for $96, Fort Lauderdale to Long Island for $103, ...Photo of the day (11.26.09)
Nov 26th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
Today's photo of the day was actually taken by me. I did a search on the Gadling Flickr page and this seemed most fitting for today. The only dilema was that I took the shot. How can I 'award' myself the Photo of the Day?
Oh, well. I just did. The turkey cloud just cracks me up.
Happy Thanksgiving for those of you in the U.S.A.
Are you a Flickr user who'd like to share a travel ...Eel, venison, and pumpkin pudding: where to get a really traditional Thanksgiving
Nov 26th, 2009 at 2:30PM: As we sit down to eat huge quantities of turkey, pumpkin pie, and cranberries, we might want to remember that this traditional Thanksgiving feast isn't so traditional. Like all traditions, Thanksgiving dinner has changed over time and has little in common with the event that inspired it. Most history books mark the first Thanksgiving as the feast the Pilgrims had at Plymouth Colony after their ...Seven travel-related things to be thankful for
Nov 26th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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While travel as the act of discovering a new place can be exhilarating and exciting, travel as the act of being in transit can be annoying and exhausting. Long lines, delays, rude people and all the frustrations that go along with moving large amounts of people ...5 Places to See Wild Turkeys
Nov 26th, 2009 at 9:00AM: The quintessential American bird is typically spotted on your dining room table, naked and headless, with a plastic thermometer thingy stuck in its butt--but, such was not the case with our early pilgrim ancestors who first laid eyes on these magnificent fowl in 17th-century Massachusetts. Real wild turkeys are truly a site to behold, so this Thanksgiving, why not step away from the TV and go find ...Get out and go: Events around the world (November 25-30)
Nov 25th, 2009 at 3:00PM: If you're living in America, you know what's happening this Thursday. For those of you who aren't in New York to catch the Thanksgiving Day Parade, there are other awesome activities going on this weekend. If you're close and have time, then you have no excuse to get out and go!
Charlotte - The Carolinas Thanksgiving Day Parade will be held this Thursday, November 26. This 62th annual parade ...
