New York: What You Can't Miss This Summer
Think you know New York? Think again. There's tons to discover in the Big Apple beyond the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the Plaza Hotel. My teenage daughter and I took four days...
View ArticleMost Beautiful Countries to Visit Around the World
Extraordinary, pristine landscapes. Scenery that takes your breath away. An exotic mix of plants and animals. Not the sort of places you get to visit every day -- or can get to in a day. Those...
View ArticleVintage Shops and Gothic Rock in Toronto
The "Scott Pilgrim" movie showed a different side of Toronto: twenty-somethings in vintage clothes and neon hair, rocking out at indie concerts. On a recent trip, I experienced the city's alternative...
View Article35 Fun Gifts for Dads Who Travel
I'm a dad. I travel. Sometimes I'm bumbling through airport security with three daughters, diapers and pacifiers flying in all directions; sometimes I'm flying luxuriously solo, rocking my wireless...
View ArticleI Need a Gluten-Free Vacation
Just once I'd love to go on vacation and not crap my pants. Is that too much to ask? Since I have celiac disease (an autoimmune response to gluten that rips apart the villi in my small intestine and...
View ArticlePre-Game Fenway Park: 13 Spots in the New Kenmore Square
Consider your Father's Day plans set. Photo: Soe Lin / Flickr By Devorah Klein Lev-Tov for Fathom | The Red Sox are back home from 12-18th June. If you're taking your dad to a game, here's 13 reasons...
View ArticleThe 2014 Best of the Best Hotel Awards
"But what's your favorite hotel?" It's the question most often asked of Jetsetter's editors by friends, relatives and brand new acquaintances. It's a topic we never tire of debating over computer...
View ArticleBusiness Etiquette: Traveling with Your Boss
Before you lean your seat back and pop in your ear buds on your next business flight, think again, especially if your boss is sitting next to you. Rule number one for traveling with the boss: you are...
View ArticleWhy Cuenca, Ecuador, Remains A Top Retire-Overseas Choice
Many retirement destinations are promoted on the basis that they're "just like the United States"... touted for the fact that living there you'd be in familiar surroundings. That's not the case with...
View ArticleGo Here To Watch The Game: 11 Awesome Sports Bars Around The World
Stanley Cup? World Cup? Baseball? No matter your game, there is nothing better than watching with a good sports-loving crowd and great food and drink. We've chosen some of our favorite watering holes...
View ArticleAirlines Change the Carry-on Rules
Recently I had a very unpleasant surprise in the TSA line at New York's JFK airport. No, they did not do a touchy-feely pat-down or confiscate something. Just before actually getting to the TSA agent's...
View Article6 Tips for Using Your Cell Phone Abroad
Traveling internationally without a data plan can be intimidating -- especially in a world where we're constantly using our phones to Yelp restaurants or make our way via Google maps. But while it...
View Article10 BBQ Meccas to Visit Before You Die
CREDIT: Franklin Barbecue When pitmaster Mack Sevier retired suddenly and closed Uncle John's BBQ in September 2013, you could almost hear the faint, collective whimper of white folks and would-be...
View Article10 Things to Know Before You Move to Hawaii
So you think you want to move to Hawaii? Yes it's paradise. With its shockingly good looks and tantalizing charm, most people conjure up scenarios of selling all their belongings, quitting soul sucking...
View ArticleWhy Having a Horrible Accent Isn't So Bad
If you are afraid to plunge into a new language and make lots of mistakes, you'll never be able to learn it. The biggest fear most people have has to do with their accent. And I understand why. How...
View ArticleThe World's 5 Coolest Cabs
Credit: Flickr User Hector Garcia New York City's yellow cabs might be world famous, but with a 98 percent chance of getting a driver who's on the phone 100 percent of the time, they're far from the...
View ArticleWe Rank Flight Attendant Uniforms From Worst To Sexiest
Credit: Facebook User Southwest Airlines As air travel's evolved from the free-wheeling, chain-smoking, good time emporium at altitude that it once was, to the no frills, no fun hell it's become, it...
View Article3 Of The Most Interesting International Borders On Earth
Credit: Wikimedia User Jerome Unless you've ever lived on, bought books from, or had trouble crossing one, you probably haven't given much thought to borders. But truth be told, how they're drawn and...
View ArticleWinding Our Way to Ravello by John Mariani
The serpentine route along Italy's gorgeous Amalfi Coast can be daunting to those doing it in a rented car for the first time, but the road that winds and winds and winds its way up to the mountaintop...
View ArticleTop 10 Tehran Restaurants: A Culinary Journey Through Iran's Capital City
Please allow me to preface this article by saying I love food. In fact, I'm sitting in Istanbul eating as I write this article. Food is one of those things I believe a person should (read as "must")...
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