When my little sister, Kate, turned 21 recently, among other gifts like a new license and a series of SoCo and lime shots, she received a Spanish cookbook by Anya von Bremzen, The New Spanish Table.
It's as if I've thawed some during this summer's heat and with the warmth of the years. I'm not so rigid or prickly anymore, and I see more clearly that the events around me aren't just about me.
Rochelle Gores Fredston knows her Napa. The 28-year-old founder, creative director and CEO of Arcade Boutique has been frequenting wine country for the past three years with her husband, David Fredston.
Bored of the same old trip? Looking for a little bit of adventure? Need an excuse to go back to the gym? Take a hike, literally! Here at HuffPost Trav...
Welcome to Universal Orlando's brand new Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which has made family vacations hip again for the high school and post high school crowd.
Drawing on its historic ingenuity and mechanical know-how, Pittsburgh is focusing on energy-efficient initiatives, and is now among the top cities with the highest number of LEED-certified buildings in the US.
When the boat docked on Necker Island, I knew I had landed in the lap of luxury. The private island in the middle of the Caribbean is a dream for most people. For Richard Branson, it's home.
It's not surprising that many tourists' memories of Quebec are gastronomical. I added another one after visiting Vieux-Levis (Old Levis), a city on th...
An Airbus A321 was involved in the Pakistan plane crash today that killed 152 people.
The incident marked the worst plane crash in Pakistani history....
Rather than polluting the sky to catch a breath of fresh air in some rain forest, maybe we should discover the joy of dirt. You could call it the opposite of eco-tourism; pollu-tourism. Take Butte, Montana.
America the beautiful, sure, but America the strange? You bet. The people at ShermansTravel.com have dug up 10 weird sites in America that run the gam...
I felt a little bad about criticizing places I'd never visited myself. So earlier this week, when Peter and I found ourselves in Liepaja, Latvia for two hours, I knew there was something I needed to do.
Is it time at last for us to take a look at 21st century travel with an awareness of the true environmental and social costs of unlimited travel by the wealthy peoples of the world?
Well, my New York trip was pretty low key and I thought it appropriate to have one New York night out. Met up with my friends at Abe and Arthurs in the Meatpacking district.
It's another day to explore Bologna, a city so mouth-watering that tourists seem to live from meal to meal.This morning my husband, my 22-year-old son, and I are taking a pasta-making course
It's good to become familiar with the mileage redemption charts of various airlines. This is where I first realized I could head to Thailand -- or almost anywhere else in Asia -- for less than just going to Europe.
By being conscious of these principles, you'll not only end up with better and more interesting photos of people, but you'll return home with a richer set of travel experiences because of the human interactions you've had.
The purpose of a vacation, they say, is to make us feel better. It is an opportunity to escape from real life for awhile, to pamper ourselves, to do things we ordinarily don't do.
Summer usually means one thing to many American families: road trip. We flock to our national parks (thanks Teddy R.!) in droves--in 2009, 285 million...
Can you imagine watching the World Cup in the winter? Sounds silly, right? Well, for the Southern Hemisphere, that's the cool reality. While we are h...
Every cruise has a mix of virgins and veterans but about half of those who sail on Queen Victoria have already cruised on other Cunard ships. Much lik...
Before today, I would have said "never." Who doesn't love a waterslide? And why would they require an age limit?
I found out the answer today at a t...
Our final day in Lyons: Over coffee, orange juice and our newspapers, we discussed the only one must-do-today on our list before going home: le marché, the market.