holidays

New York Two Ways: Contemporary and Historic in Times Square
By Melissa Coleman (See “Part One: Contemporary, Large, and Hip” for a reunion with high school friends at the Hyatt Centric.) Part Two: Historic, Small, and Romantic A Holiday Getaway at the Algonquin For my Icelandic boyfriend’s first trip to New York City over the holidays we

Good to Go
By Jules Older Whether you journey by plane or ped, bus or burro, car or cycle, there’s stuff out there that will make your trip easier, more efficient, economical and/or enriched. Here’s the Good to Go list for this season … Let’s start with luggage. As airlines gouge charge more

Artful Traveler: Travel by Cookbook
By Bobbie Leigh With so many recipes online, who is buying cookbooks? There is no reliable answer, but for all the home cooks who clip recipes from newspapers. print them from the web and file them away somewhere, a cookbook you can pull off a shelf and refer to easily

Gear to Go: A Few of My Favorite Things in 2013
By Everett Potter eBags eTech 2.0 21″ Mini Wheeled Duffel In the carry-on luggage wars, smart travelers are always looking for a bag that a) truly fits overhead; b) doesn’t set off alarm bells with eager-eyed airline personnel waiting to pronounce it “too large”; c) actually fits the clothes and