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For the second straight morning of my trip to Pilsen, I started the day drinking Bohemia Sekt. The previous morning, I had joined a group of travel bloggers on a train journey across the Czech Republic as part of a press trip to Pilsen following TBEX Ostrava, during which we were treated to complimentary Bohemia […]
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Long Island City has historically been known as an industrial area. Located just across the East River from Midtown Manhattan, it is now slowly evolving into more of a residential neighborhood, particularly for artists & people who want an easy commute. Several subway lines pass through Long Island City from Manhattan & Brooklyn, making it […]
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Ostrava, Czech Republic is a nice city with a rich mining history & good craft beer. If you’re visiting and looking to get away for the day, a day trip to Opava Silesa makes for a nice getaway. Opava is less than an hour away from Ostrava. I did the day trip as part of […]
Here are your travel contests for this week. You can win trips to the Galapagos Islands; Peru; Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany; Los Angeles, California; Patagonia, Chile; the Adirondacks, New York; Seoul, South Korea; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada; Costa Rica; the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah; Orlando, […]
Ostrava, Czech Republic is a hard drinking town. Most mining & steel towns tend to be that way. In a sense, it’s a cousin of Pittsburgh. Ostrava’s Stodolní Street does nothing to dispel this notion, as it is lined with bars that stay open late. It’s not uncommon to find people passed out in parks or […]
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Ostrava was the heart of the Czech Republic’s coal mining industry. As with many mining towns around the world, the mines have been closed in recent decades. This evolution is not easy. What does a city do when their heart no longer exists, when jobs are gone, and along with them, money? In the case […]
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Tempe, Arizona is a college town, the home of Arizona State University. It’s also a suburb of Phoenix. I grew up in Tempe. I lived there from when I was five or six, then went to ASU, then eventually moved away. I still go back and visit every year, usually in March for Spring Training […]
I actually won a travel contest! Read all about my experience at the U.S. Open! Here are your travel contests for this week. You can win trips to New York City; Boston; Washington DC; a NASCAR race in Fort Worth, Texas; Acapulco, Mexico; Paris, France; Puerto Escondido, Mexico; Savannah, Georgia; Napa Valley, California; and more. […]
Each week, I write a roundup of travel contests. There are always a ton of great prizes that can be won. When I’m writing the list of contests, I also enter them. I figure, “Why not?” It doesn’t take long, and perhaps I’ll be a winner. Well, that actually happened. Back in July, I entered […]
I visited Palm Desert & Palm Springs for a conference for work, but I spent as much time as I could trying to hunt down the best craft beer places in the area. Los Angeles was late to latching onto craft beer, so these interior deserts down Interstate 10 were even later to the scene. […]
