Banyan Tree Mayakoba, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Our first vacation without the kids – and how lucky were we not to have to organize a single aspect of it, besides booking our plane flights; we were off to Mayakoba, a destination just south of Cancun in Quintana Roo, Mexico, for our friend’s 40th birthday, and he was the tour organizer. To say […]

Barnstable Market, Barnstable (Cape Cod), MA USA

We rarely venture to The Cape. It’s a large, sprawling destination I personally know very little of, and perhaps this fact alone is what generally persuades me from going. That and the fact you need to book a place many months in advance, especially if you are going with a family. In January, we booked […]

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Ford’s Filling Station, Los Angeles LAX Airport, CA USA

Excellent family vacation. It was great to return to a very, very busy Pasadena – when we left in August of 2020, nearly everything was shut (even the playground swings had been removed), covid was ever-present, and forest fires were rading. ~9 months later and life was essentially back to normal. It’s amazing to see […]

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Hilton San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA USA

“Anywhere except Chinese food,” Jake told me as we made dinner plans. A tourism industry veteran, Jake was traveling for business and staying in the heart of Chinese-American culture in Southern California: San Gabriel. If you’ve heard of gentrification, imagine Chinification. Nearly every restaurant, café, store, establishment, etc, was created by and for the Chinese […]

W Hotel, Austin, TX USA

SXSW is a nonstop event. It’s hard to describe the experience, but essentially, major mainstream/well-known b2c “tech” companies (and I use the word “tech” loosely) have events throughout the city over a 10 day period, and visitors hop from one destination to another, absorbing as much as they can. Half a million attendees, lots of […]

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The Pink Palace (Best Western Hotel), Allen Park, MI USA

15 degrees. I hadn’t experienced cold weather in quite some time. This was a fact I was proud of. But at the same time, something about the sharp, bitter air was exciting. It was fun being a tourist in this climate. CES followed by the Detroit Auto Show. 2 of the biggest respective industry events […]