What the hell is Florida thinking?

How a crackdown on illegal immigrants would affect all foreigners and could hurt the state’s biggest industry. What the hell is Florida thinking? Seriously! Tourism is Florida’s biggest industry, injecting $65 billion into the state’s economy every year. Sixty-five BILLION dollars. And over a MILLION jobs. Yet the state could be about to jeopardise all [...]

Photo Friday: Amish road sign in New York

Western New York; July 2010 Now this is about as far as you can get from Manhattan and still be in New York! You could call it the opposite of Sex and the City. After my trip to New York City in June I visited a little-known part of New York State – the Cassadaga [...]

Chocolate martini at Ayza in Manhattan

Cocktails and chocolate in Midtown Manhattan. When I planned my trip to New York, I genuinely thought eight days would be enough time. After all, it wasn’t like I was visiting the city for the first time. I figured the TBEX travel bloggers conference would take two days, so that would leave six days to [...]

Photo Friday: Bears in New York City

New York City; June 2010 I promised that I would have some animal-themed posts from my trip to New York City and I don’t plan to disappoint. So far I’ve shared photos of gorillas from Bronx Zoo, now it’s time for some bear action. Central Park is full of fun statues. Earlier in the day [...]

UN of food: Colombian and Uruguayan food in Queens

My culinary adventures in New York City continued in Queens. My Brooklyn-based host Mike was keen for a Queens outing so I met up with him after work and we caught the F train out to Jackson Heights. I had originally intended to go to Queens earlier in the day so I could visit some [...]

Behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A rare glimpse at how one of the world’s top museums does its restoration work on art and artifacts. On the Thursday before the TBEX travel blogging conference, I joined a small group of travel bloggers on a special tour with Context Travel. Context offers walking tours in a few cities around the world – [...]

Cajun food in Staten Island – yes, really

The St George Parish Grill and Staten Island Museum. When I decided to visit all five boroughs of New York City on my recent trip, I didn’t have much of a plan for Staten Island. I knew I’d be staying in Brooklyn and making regular trips to Manhattan. The Bronx had the zoo and the [...]

Animals in New York: Gorillas at Bronx Zoo

Bronx, NYC; June 2010 Even a baby gorilla somehow manages to look like a wise old man. It’s like they’re 100 years old when they’re born. Would you just look at their faces? Adorable! I am not as lucky as Kristin from Camels and Chocolate who got to go see wild gorillas in Rwanda all [...]

Video: Charley Boorman in Edinburgh

Charley Boorman and AmEx do Edinburgh Actor Charley Boorman and I have something in common – we are both passionate travellers. He’s the guy who joined Ewan Macgregor in the motorbike trip around the world that became the documentary series Long Way Round. Clearly I think American Express should have chosen me to host their [...]

Video: Street pianos in New York

Manhattan, NY; June 2010 I can’t help myself – when I see a piano, I want to play with it. I say with because my rudimentary skills mean that I am not really playing the piano, just fooling around. I can peck out part of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy with my right hand and that’s [...]

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