Review Archive

  • Mingle San Francisco

    New Free Travel App for San Francisco and New York

    I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. As some of you know, a few months back I took a job at Facebook and since then my focus has shifted from this site. All my time has been spent working and I’ve done very little travel and...

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  • Serendipity 3 and a Bald Man

    Serendipity 3 and a Bald Man

    Let’s start this by saying I love chocolate. I love the smell, I love the shape, and I love the taste. I want to make out with it. I want to bathe in it. I want my clothes to be made of chocolate so I...

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  • Cycle Route - Luang Prabang to Kuang Si Waterfall

    The Long Bike Ride to Kuang Si Waterfalls, Laos

    This will likely not come as a shock to my regular readers but I am not the most athletic person in the world. Especially in the last year as I’ve focused my attention on growing my content strategy freelance practice, I’ve spent far more time...

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  • Dan, Mitsuhashi and Me at Standing Bar Clover

    An Excellent Pub: Standing Bar Clover, Shinjuku, Tokyo

    When I was a kid, I loved to watch the American sit-com Cheers. I loved Sam, Diane, Carla, Norm, Woody and of course Cliff Claven. Despite the fact that the show took place almost entirely inside a bar in Boston, and as someone under the...

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  • berry

    A Miracle Berry Adventure: Tokyo, Japan

    Cat cafes, karaoke rooms, wild game arcades … As a city Tokyo feel endless: you can find and do almost anything here, including the strange, the kawaii and the absolutely ridiculous. Wander the streets of Harajuku on any night of the week and you’ll see hoards of...

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  • Kuglehopf Cake

    Australian Food Revelations: Kugelhopf and Monarch Cakes

    One of my favorite things about travel is the eating part. I’m admittedly not very adventurous when it comes to trying meat things – I’ve yet to have kangaroo or any of the other critters that are eaten almost exclusively in Australia – but I’ll...

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  • Airplane

    Airlines, Twitter and Customer Service

    A few weeks ago Travel Rants published a piece called Airlines Helpline Telephone Rip Offs. It rightly criticized some of the airlines for charging exorbitant fees for customers who sought assistance over the telephone. Citing research by Travel Supermarket, they noted that the most expensive...

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  • Wind in the Willows Caravan

    Unique Holiday Bookings with Under the Thatch

    If you’ve ever wanted to sleep in a lighthouse, a yurt or a restored showman’s wagon, you may find what you’re looking for on the website Under the Thatch. Although they currently only list  accommodations in the United Kingdom, they offer a range of genuinely...

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