With more than a dozen theme parks in and around Orlando, one has to try a little harder to find the less manufactured parts of the city. But, life does exist beyond Universal Studios and Disney World. On a recent [...]
The Wynwood Arts District in Miami is like no other I’ve visited. Brash, dazzling, and completely inspiring—it’s a must-see for any art lover or armchair urbanist interested in neighbourhood revitalization. […]
It’s time to say so-long to 2016, but as I head into what’s shaping up to be another eventful year in tag-along business travel, it’s worth reviewing this past year’s destinations. As usual, I didn’t plan to go to many [...]
Have you ever been tempted by one of those offers of a ridiculously discounted hotel stay in a prime tourist area in exchange for taking in a timeshare sales seminar? If you’re a Hilton Honors Member you probably have been. [...]
Boston is the perfect city for a weekend getaway. Steve’s work takes us there often. Usually we tack on a weekend to my tag-along trip to enjoy big city life before heading out to the suburban industrial town of Burlington, [...]
When planning a long weekend away in a thriving urban centre, one usually doesn’t contemplate staying at a hotel near the airport. We do stay near the airport occasionally, but only for one night if we have an early morning flight out. In the case of where to [...]
Usually, when I tag along on Steve’s business travel, we spend most evenings together. His recent trip to Columbus, however, would be a weekend full of work commitments. We’d spend time together the first night, and that was about it. [...]
Like everything in life, travel has its high and low points. It also introduces us to the unfamiliar, which is part of what makes it so enriching. As we close in on the end of the year, here are the [...]
I’ve enjoyed visiting Seattle a few times. Most recently, I decided to tag along on Steve’s weekend business trip to Redmond, which is a suburb city about 26 kilometres outside Seattle. One of the things I like about being a tag [...]