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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 ...DoT gives airlines $175,000 reminder ahead of Thanksgiving
Nov 25th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Three airlines just scored a first with the U.S. government: they were fined for leaving passengers in the lurch. Continental Airlines, ExpressJet (a Continental affiliate) and Mesaba (part of Delta) racked up a total punishment of $175,000 when their combined efforts left fliers on a plane in Minnesota for six hours.
Continental and ExpressJet were slapped with a fine of $100,000, while Mesaba ...Keep up on Thanksgiving airport traffic with Travelocity's Task Force
Nov 24th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Nobody is looking forward to venturing into battle tomorrow. Wednesday is the year's biggest travel day, a congested, high stress day when airports are packed, tempers are high and any small hiccup can make an entire airport turn upside down.
We all have to get home somehow though, and the harsh reality facing many of us is that the airport needs to be handled (my flight to London leaves from ...Orbitz reveals which airports to avoid this Thanksgiving
Nov 23rd, 2009 at 10:00AM: As we slowly head into the worst time of year to be traveling, Orbitz has revealed which airports to avoid this Thanksgiving.
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The list is not really filled with any surprises, but it is always nice to see some solid research done by those that actually ...The scale doesn't lie, at least not in New York
Nov 21st, 2009 at 1:00PM: Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we're all dreading the thought of stepping on the scale the next day ... and making all kinds of empty promises about jogging and losing weight and not eating like that again next year. Some of us we'll even unleash a stream of profanities and accuse the device of lying. Out in Queens, however, a few scales have been tested, and they won't be fooling ...Passengers to become drivers for Thanksgiving this year
Nov 19th, 2009 at 3:00PM: We aren't staying at home, but we're definitely not flying. That's the word out of AAA this year. Thanksgiving, always a travel-heavy holiday, will see more cars in the road than people crammed at the gate, as travelers respond to the recession and recent increases in airfares.
AAA puts the number of people driving 50 miles or more from home for Thanksgiving at 38.4 million -- up 1.4 percent ...Six ways to make waiting in line better (and shorter)
Nov 10th, 2009 at 8:00AM: The holidays are coming, and if your plans involve travel, expect to lose large chunks of your youth to the painful ritual of waiting in line. Aside from the occasional ascetic masochist, nobody digs the ol' "hurry up and wait" game. Yet, you'll be doing plenty of standing in line at airports, hotels and retail establishments. Last year, I wrote about what you can do to make this easier. Now, ...Five ways to rock Idaho for the holiday season
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:30AM: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho may not be the first destination that comes to mind for holiday travel. I mean ... who jumps to Idaho?! Well, this is a problem that needs to be remedied. If you're looking to take off for a few days between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, there's a lot happening in Coeur d'Alene.
1. Holiday Light Show: More than 1.5 million lights are hung along the Coeur d'Alene waterfront ...
