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15 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

The Healing (and Sickening) Powers of Bath

Bath, England is one of my favorite places named after a bathroom appliance. (I love it more than Bidet, France, and Toilet, Missouri.) There aren't many times in life where one can put "Roman bath house" and "good clean family fun," in the same sentence, but a visit to Bath is one of them. It's [...]

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31 January 2012 ~ 2 Comments

The Gateway to India and Culinary Bliss at La Porte de Indes Restaurant in London

La Porte de Indes in London is one of the finer Marble Arch restaurants. I took my girlfriend there recently, and we were startled by how quickly we had been transported from dreary winter London to the tropical coast of India, courtesy of one of, if not the best, London Indian restaurants. What makes this [...]

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24 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

The Capital Hotel Whiskey Masterclass: I Thought I Knew Whiskey But I Was Wrong

The Capital Hotel Whiskey Masterclass: I Thought I Knew Whiskey But I Was Wrong

I really like whiskey. I like the taste of it, but I also like the associations that go with it, the masculinity and ruggedness of the drink. When cowboys saunter in a saloon and throw a gold piece on the bar, you know the barkeep is getting out a bottle of whiskey. I like the [...]

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16 January 2012 ~ 1 Comment

London’s Limited Service Hotel Model

London’s Limited Service Hotel Model

Limited service hotels make the most sense in expensive cities like London. These are hotels like the new Tune Hotel: Liverpool Street, London. This type of hotel follows the new budget airline business model by offering the main service at a base price of £35 a night. In the case of the hotel that means [...]

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16 December 2011 ~ 12 Comments

Top 5 Obstacles When Dating a (Female) Foreigner

It's a pretty basic rule of evolution that genetic diversity is a good for any organism, and human beings are no different than other organisms in this respect. And evolution, unencumbered by things like concerns over royal lineages (which leads to inbreeding) usually gets its way. With humans, evolution gets its way by making sure we [...]

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14 December 2011 ~ 4 Comments

Press Pass? Uh…I’m a Travel Blogger. Duh!

Press Pass? Uh…I’m a Travel Blogger. Duh!

I recently went to my first real press event. I saw my first Royal, and I mixed it up with paparazzi for the first time. It was a day of many firsts. Upon arriving in London, I managed to secure an invite and press pass to the 2011 World Travel Mart in London. The Travel [...]

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