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Surprises in Unexpected Places: A Guide to Detroit for First Time Visitors

February 26, 2016 By Elisa 2 Comments

Once upon a time, I worked as a flight attendant for a few months. Don’t ask me why or how, it would get me started on how bizarre and random my life sometimes is. One thing led to another and in the summer of 2014, I was assigned by my company to fly to… [Read More]

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10 NYC Restaurants You Can’t Miss

February 16, 2016 By Nikki 5 Comments

I once read that it would take 15 years for someone to see every single item that is on display at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Similarly, with over 4,200 restaurants in New York City, there are ample options but (unlike art) not all may be worth a visit. Each week in… [Read More]

Your Ultimate Guide to the Holidays in New York

December 14, 2015 By Nikki 1 Comment

There’s just something about the holidays in New York that seems to wrap the city up in a cozy blanket and infuse the otherwise cold, dreary days of winter with a warm glow. New Yorkers bundle up with mittens and puffer jackets holding bright, red Starbucks cups in hands. The streets of our fair… [Read More]

Dispatch: The Underground Comedy Scene of New York City

December 9, 2015 By Nikki 1 Comment

The room is dark albeit a single circle of light illuminating a handsome comic and solitary microphone stand positioned in front of an audience. There are perhaps 15 people nestled side-by-side in the crowded space, yet each one is laughing as the comedian allows his well-timed jokes to roll off his lips and ignite the… [Read More]

A Guide to Miami’s Little Havana

November 30, 2015 By Nikki 2 Comments

When most think of Miami their thoughts immediately turn towards the white sand beaches of South Beach with its blaring music, plastic surgery sculpted bodies and unrivaled nightlife. Miami can often take on an air of superficiality and excess-that is until you leave Ocean Drive and venture into the local areas like Little Havana. What Miami… [Read More]

Three Amazing Days (and Three Cocktails) in New Orleans

November 21, 2015 By Barbara Barrielle 2 Comments

When I mention visiting New Orleans to people, many respond that they haven’t been back since Hurricane Katrina. Well, it’s been ten years and the city is back - and probably surpassing its earlier vibrancy. The city still has a trashy, sticky all-night party street called Bourbon but unless you are heading to… [Read More]

7 Photos to Inspire you to Visit the “Other California”

October 8, 2015 By Nikki 3 Comments

It’s like deja vu—I am back on the open road with mountains rushing past my window, my headphones playing both the perfect soundtrack for the passing scenery and the beat to my writing. The area is desolate, nothing but deep, green forests hiding the bald spots of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It reminds me… [Read More]

Destination Spotlight: A Guide to Death Valley, California

October 6, 2015 By Nikki 5 Comments

7:30 am and I am alone in front of the type of sunrise that makes you believe in heaven. Rays of sunshine burst through the clouds in a brilliant display of light causing the clouds to glow over the deep blue silhouettes of the distant mountains. I can see the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes… [Read More]

Bodie, California: a Visit to a Genuine Ghost Town

October 2, 2015 By Nikki 3 Comments

The fog is hanging thickly over the Sierra Nevada, the clouds dark and ominous as they gather over the mountains and cast shadows over everything. I am on a press trip with Visit California, on assignment for Matador Network, making my way down Route 395 from Reno, Nevada to Las Vegas (AKA the backbone… [Read More]