You haven’t had real fun until you’ve visited Nashville, Tennessee. Hotels.com asked me to share my favorite places to visit in the city dubbed “Nashvegas,” where the music plays all night long, biscuits are the size of your head, and you can have more fun than you’ll...
What do you get when you drop a New York City girl in the middle of the great Yosemite Wilderness? Fear and confusion. And yet Hotels.com asked me to share my best tips for staying near Yosemite National Park. I can’t even survive Whole Foods running out of brown rice...
Miami is my jam. I go every year at the beginning of summer for a quick, easy, and fun getaway. Hotels.com asked me to share my best tips to maximize your Miami trip, so read on if you’re looking for great food, art and culture and beautiful beaches with minimal...
Peru was my first time visit to a Spanish-speaking country as well as my first trip to South America. I had a great experience, covering the standard tourist stuff such as Lima, Cusco, and Machu Picchu, but I was also fortunate enough to be traveling with a group of...
It’s 7:00 pm. You just finished a grueling day of work, battled terrible weather on your commute home, and now you’re hungry —it’s a feeling we’re all familiar with. I don’t want to eat out… I just want a home cooked meal! Is that too hard to ask for? But my cabinets...
No matter how many movies you watch about Paris, they just don’t do the city justice. Paris is magical and breathtaking when experienced in person, and a place you’re not likely to forget. The beautiful, Old World architecture with ironwork, floor-to-ceiling windows,...
Middleburg with its rolling hills and equestrian training centers offers more than five-star hotels, although we are partial to all three. With at least a dozen wineries in the surrounding county, each is one of the over 260 wineries and vineyards present around the...
by Mary Kong-DeVito | UPDATED Apr 10, 2019 | PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2011 | Travel | 2MIN READ
Food and Wine Magazine says it has one of the “25 Best Burgers in the U.S.” Bon Appetit Magazine states, “it took Chef Tony Maws six months to create his ultimate burger.” But I wasn’t here for the burgers. I found something much more anomalous. Tucked away on a...
by Asia Camagong | UPDATED Apr 10, 2019 | PUBLISHED May 8, 2013 | Travel | 2MIN READ
Famous couples have a knack for shaping the quality of romance. Juliet died for Romeo. Victoria Beckham pays attention to David even when he speaks. Harry did both meet and meat Sally. These well-known pairings paint pictures of timeless romances drawing in suckers...
When visiting Paris, there are three basic phrases which will go very, very far—Bonjour, s’il vous plaît, and merci! Failure to use proper French greetings, however unintentional, may earn you a faceful of open eye-rolling, dismay, or in my case, a surprising...