Let me start out by saying that I visited Naples on my own a few years’ back. It was just a quick stroll from the station and around the city for about two hours before heading back to Rome. It was interesting but I really didn’t get a sense of the city. Now we have […]
The most chaotic thing about Naples, Italy was trying to get there from the Stazione Termini railway station in Rome. The traffic setup was crazy. They are renovating the station and there is no great place to drop-off or pick-up passengers. Then suddenly, we walked through the utterly dysfunctional part of the Stazione Termini and […]
I had recently switched my iPhone case from the beloved Tech21 to Apple. Boy, I loved those Tech21 cases. You could throw your iPhone in the air and watch it slam down on a piece of concrete and nothing would shatter. In fact, when I first went to the Apple Store to invest in one, […]
I have a question. Why are there more empty seats in more baseball stadiums than any other sport? Well, I think I know. Baseball is a slow sport and there are 162 games in a season. That’s right. So who cares to go in the spring when you can go in the warmer summer months? […]
I like New York City a lot, and although it’s not my favorite city, I do appreciate its amazing museums and grand theaters. I love the neighborhoods that stretch all the way from the Battery to the Bronx and the new Brooklyn, unrecognizable to my wife now who went to Bayridge High School and grew […]
Learning the English language has become a huge opportunity for the bright and enterprising. Take Lucy Earl, a Brit who recently graduated and started to think of ways to make English learning fun and frivolous. She ended up obtaining a following of 350,000 people who wanted to know why Brits drink pimms and take tea […]
So after the recent debacles with United and American, the government is getting heavy. Finally, we are seeing the government recognizing that consolidation is creating an arrogance in service and in amenities. After deregulation in 1978, industry charges like baggage fees and bumping passengers have been pretty much left to the airlines. And 80% of USA […]
Here’s a shocker. High-tech, super slick Airbnb have teamed up with the Hearst Corporation to produce a travel magazine; essentially Airbnb Magazine. The rationale is that nobody knows better where people want to go than Airbnb does. They see it in demand and deals and have it resourced from billions of data points. As such, […]
Now airports are moving into food and drink technology. Many airports have iPad ordering systems set up around bars and themed food restaurants. The deal is that you sit down, swipe your credit card, choose items from the iPad menu, and then food or drinks come flying out at you from places that you had […]
I have never not had access to my Uber account. It goes with me everywhere and is sort of like a travel companion. However, it doesn’t get to go to Italy with me and I hate that. The cab company lobby there is just too powerful. So apart from not being able to see the sights of Ancient […]
If you are going to get stuck at an airport and your flight is going to be endlessly delayed and possibly canceled, one word of advice, pray to God that you are not stuck at LaGuardia Airport. It sucks. Watching delays unfold and getting bad updates and then inevitable cancellations are frustrating and bring out […]
What do all of these cities have in common apart from being really cool places to visit? Yes, you’ve got it – they are all connected by high-speed train. Well, sort of. Here’s the problem. The Eurostar, which connects London and Paris, takes precisely two hours and twenty minutes to cover the 306 miles journey. From Naples […]
I like New York City a lot, and although it’s not my favorite city, I do appreciate its amazing museums and grand theaters. I love the neighborhoods that stretch all the way from the Battery to the Bronx and the new Brooklyn, unrecognizable to my wife now who went to Bayridge High School and grew up […]
Richard, our local hero in the Dominican Republic, was hosting me for a day and a half. He wanted to show me the Cuevas de las Maravillas which is just west of La Romana and is designated a national park. I have been to a few caves in my time. I remember well the caves […]