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5 Reasons to Pack Less (Way Less)
We all know the age-old adage, "Pack everything you think you need, then take half." Unfortunately, that's not always easy advice to follow -- but traveling light is truly the best way to enjoy a...
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The 10 Best US Beaches Where You Can Drink (Legally)
By Gianni Jaccoma With the threat of a second polar vortex now safely behind us, we can wholly devote ourselves to enjoying the rest of the Summer -- namely, by gorging on sticky barbecue and drinking...
View ArticleUK University Town Face Off: Oxford vs. Cambridge
Each less than an hour from London, the cities of Cambridge and Oxford are similar in many ways -- not the least of which involves their respective universities that date back more than 800 years. But...
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In Case of Emergency: What to Do When Your Vacation Turns into a Nightmare
By Tommy Burson Traveling isn't always a stress-free, smooth-sailing, relaxing-on-the-beach-while-sipping-mojitos experience. Unexpected emergencies -- be it a broken ankle, an lost passport, or a bout...
View ArticleGreed, Graciousness and Gratitude
I just got off a plane in New York after a teaching in Europe for three weeks. I was a little jet-lagged but very excited to meet my friend, Katrin, in the city for a special evening. We had plans to...
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Cruising Southeast Asia's Waterways: The Launch of Aqua Mekong
Ahead of the luxury river-cruise Aqua Mekong's launch in September, Aqua Expeditions Founder and CEO Francesco Galli Zugaro, talks to us about his experience of building a cruise ship in an unfamiliar...
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Travel Photography How-Tos: Directing Subjects
I was on assignment in Fiji when I met a reputable photographer who had no compunction about demanding his subjects remove their shirts. I was shocked the first couple times he made his big ask, but...
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Eggs, Bacon, and Brioche: LA's 10 Best Breakfasts
by Bun Boy Eats LA, LA City Guide for the Menuism Blog photos by Bun Boy Eats LA In the wee morning hours, Los Angeles offers many ways to gorge oneself: You can roll out of bed and stumble to your...
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Home Away From Home in the Kia K900 in Red River, New Mexico
It's a hidden gem and if you haven't been to Red River, New Mexico, lately then you definitely need to take the trip to discover all that Red River has to offer. A small town established in 1895 as a...
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On World Lion Day, Let's Celebrate the Lions That Made Us Who We Are
What is a 'World Day' after all? Who cares? Probably the better question is "Who should care?" August 10 is designated as World Lion Day, and as with other allocated "Days," the origin of such an event...
View ArticleSpicing up the Travel Bag
We Babes love to travel and we mean to just about anywhere. On the top of our list, however, is making sure we keep as far away as possible from maladies like belly aches and runs in foreign lands (and...
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How to Upgrade to Business Class for Free... Through Kindness
On my recent trip to Europe (in depth posts to follow, check my Instagram feed for some visual highlights) I was upgraded to business class for free, along with two of my travel companions. I had never...
View ArticleLove Letters: Yountville
Perry Hoffman first became interested in cooking by helping his grandmother, who, along with her husband, were the original owners of The French Laundry. Since then, he's worked at restaurants...
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12 Totally Useless Travel Gadgets
Never know what to buy the savvy traveler in your life? Or maybe you're heading out on the road yourself and need one more useless travel gadget to stuff into your already over-packed suitcase? Here's...
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Florida's Secret Geography
Growing up in South Florida I wasn't exposed to much besides beaches and strip malls. I was raised with this notion in my head that Florida was just a boring, flat state with not much to offer besides...
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The World's Best National Dish: Which Country's Meal Is Tops?
What a culture eats can say a lot about its character. It's called cuisine, doofus, and a lot of countries have one iconic dish that is the most widely eaten thing within its borders. But how do these...
View ArticleHow People Talk About New York City
People talk about NYC like... ... it's something everybody, everywhere, must absolutely try. As if we're all at some table-clothed fancy dinner where a man in fresh-pressed dress pants and a white...
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20 Things You Didn't Know About New Zealand
1. New Zealand was the last major land mass to be populated -- it was first settled by Polynesians around 1250 and became a British colony in 1840. 2. The capitol, Wellington, is the southernmost...
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3 Great Trips Beyond Lake Bled
Lake Bled might be the synonym for Slovenia and probably rightly so. There is no way of denying, it's one of the prettiest, famous and top visited locations in the country. And it's very well aware of...
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A Texas State of Mind
"Alright, alright, alright," as one famous and easy-on-the-eyes Texan drawled in the classic film Dazed and Confused. In fact, those were the first words the actor Matthew McConaughey said on screen....
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