There are times when staying at a historic hotel goes beyond being ensconced in solid construction and ornate architecture that can never be replicated in today's world. At Marriott Syracuse Downtown, a grand dame that opened in this upstate New Yo
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When staying in the Hamptons, you simply can't do better than a manor house consistently ranked byCondé Nast Johansens as “Most Excellent Inn of the Americas.” Nestled in East Hampton Village, The Baker House 1650 puts you within a quick stroll of
Read more…Part of the landmark Café des Artistes restaurants on New York City's Upper West Side (just across the street from Central Park on West 67th Street), The Leopard at des Artistes features museum-quality Howard Chandler Christy wall murals from the ea
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Increasingly popular in many cities throughout the world – food halls have especially become a big thing of late in New York City, and for visitors they’re providing some of the most fun ways possible to take a bite out of the Big Apple. Unlike th
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My kinda town, New York City is - and unlike many other Manhattanites (ashemedly including myself, back in the day), I do not fetishize my home borough these days. Yet when it comes to the tourism and much else in the Big Apple, fuhgeddabou
I'll say upfront, I'm horrified by the nightmare my country has just let itself in for, wincing at the massive damage we're going to be taking over the next four (and hopefully only four) years. So it's all the more worth noting that given the outsi
With nearly 12,500 miles (20,000 kilometres) of coastline, the United States lined on three sides with some stupendous strands indeed. Here are some of my top picks within easy striking distance of key cities like Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami
You don’t necessarily have to ski or snowboard to have fun playing outside during winter travel– nor do you even need a mountain! Right in the middle of many urban destinations, renting a pair of skates and mingling with the locals is a fabulous way
One of the world's foremost capitals of architecture, thanks mostly to its central borough of Manhattan - regularly embellished by all manner of "starchitcts" and its latest star the "Freedom Tower" which replaced the fallen World Trade Center towers
As we mark the 14th anniversary of one of the USA’s most traumatic events of the post-World-War-II period, the Islamic terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, it’s also the first such anniversary in which the Freedom Tower,
One of the U.S. horse racing world's most historic tracks has been puling in the swells and the punters alike since 1863 - and never more so than nowadays. It's also a university town famous for its mineral spas, so all of it comes together from mid-
Visitors to New York City don’t come for the local beaches, certainly. But if you happen to be in town during this or any other summer and want to experience where many locals get their splash and tan on – there are some pretty decent spots to get w
Read more…A grandiose claim, I know, but this verdant, gently rolling valley north of New York City is packed with historic mansions, woodlands, fine cultural institutions, and small towns that are a mix of sophisticated and classic Americana. The corridor lea
The Big Apple is famously the world’s biggest melting pot, both of people and cuisines. But there’s one that reaches its pinnacle in New York City, a kind of cookery that you should make a point of sampling, whether you visit on holiday or business:
Recently came word that the Corleones' mansion in New York City is up for sale. Well, you know...the place where it was filmed...to the tune of $2.89 million. It's one of the sites that has pop-culture immortality as a key part of the Big Apple sto
Sixty-plus years – that's a good long run for any museum in a rural area, but the Corning Museum of Glass in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, isn't just any museum; it's arguably the foremost glass museum in the world. What's more, it isn't
From Boomers down to Gen Z, most people tend to associate the name “Woodstock” with the legendary 1969 music festival and Zeitgeist. But you can experience it today as a thriving town up in the wooded Catskills of New York State a 2-hour drive from
Despite its bodacious beaches and historic towns, New York State’s Long Island still cruises medium to low on the travel radar. Most Americans — even many New Yorkers — who know anything about the largest island in the U.S., flaring out from the Bi
Read more…Once home to hundreds of slaughterhouses and packing plants, this section of Manhattan's Lower West Side was as unglamorous as it got. Yet in 2013, by day well-heeled shoppers roam chic boutiques and brunch in cute little spots, and by night the cobb
Santa, baby! In the spirit of the season, for all you moms and dads out there here’s a quick international round-up of several key Kris Kringle korners -- theme parks built specifically around that jolly old elf and his crew. There are of course coun
