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Robb Report Travel Issue – Adventures in Space

My Robb Report feature on the future of space tourism is a cover story in the annual Travel Issue.

As online video calls become an everyday activity, a country raised on television is learning how to make good TV at home.The Wall Street Journal

And I got a shameless plug for For All the Tea in China into the TV segment!

Best book on corporate espionage ever written,” – The Wall Street Journal. (ok, so I said it in WSJ, but if we ever redesign the paperback…)

Travel sized beauty products at hotels are pleasantly-scented parting gifts or is the bathroom sink the new billboard?for The Wall St. Journal.

More of that pretty smelling stuff please? I appeared on television and radio  

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Hawaii Honeymoons – BRIDES Magazine

Hawaii offers celebrity sizzlers, classic experiences, an inn crowd, and hot bikinis for BRIDES Magazine.

The most beautiful road trips in America, you ask?

I answered for Travel+Leisure.

My picks were then picked up by BBC News, MSNBC, and Yahoo Travel. (miles and miles of ink)

When the crowns come off, where do royals let down their hair?  I write about some royal vacations worthy of a King in  Travel+ Leisure

( BBC and MSNBC)

Shark Diving – National Geographic Traveler

NGT SharksA dive with sharks near Costa Rica’s remote Cocos Island offers lessons for living – for National Geographic Traveler

Chef Stories

I’ve gotten some great food gigs recently:

Martin Picard for Men’s Journal

Cosmopolitan Chefs in Vegas:  Jose Andres, Scott Conant, Bromberg Brothers, David Myers and Costas Spiliadis for Private Clubs Magazine.

If There’s Smoke, There’s Chicken – ISLANDS

My favorite food in Hawaii? A tough choice, but if I smell barbecue I always stop to see if it’s Huli Huli chicken.  – ISLANDS Magazine

The Top Roadside Attractions – Travel + Leisure

Take a detour. Get out of the car. Stretch your legs. And get inspired by America’s Top Roadside Attractions. – Travel + Leisure

(and MSNBC)

Bits, Pieces – AOL Travel and more

I’ve been doing some work online:

Mostly as a contributor to AOL Travel.

Read about the 10 under 10: Best Boutique Hotels Under 10 Rooms

Or the Best Bars with a View.

Or the Best Beach Bars Around the World

Or the Best Places to Unplug.

And a few other things, here and there and everywhere.

Costa Rica – The Adventure Honeymoon

Tropics of Taste – The Designer Honeymoon

Cover: Costa Rica – Endless Vacation

cropped EV coverMy Costa Rica feature made the cover of fall’s ENDLESS VACATION

The Best Whale Watches – Travel+Leisure

I followed Ishmael’s footsteps: go whale watching, from the banks of Cape Cod to the tropical shores of Hawaii – Travel and Leisure.com

Canada for Adrenaline Junkies – Men’s Journal

There are all kinds of ways to get your thrills when the ice melts in the Canadian North. – Men’s Journal.

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Belfast – Bon Appetit Magazine

I went to Belfast, Northern Ireland, ate in 13 restaurants in 3 days – and these were worth writing home about.  – Bon Appetit Magazine.

Rodeo, Hawaii Style – American Way Magazine

Surfing might be the state’s best known sport, but Hawaii’s teen cowboys are rocking America’s most competitive rodeo – American Way Magazine.

Blockbuster Hotels – BRIDES Magazine

Five movies, five scene stealing hideawaysBRIDES magazine

The 10 lb pack – Men’s Journal

Catalyst Backpack

10 lb pack - 3

10 lb pack - 2

Best Folding Bikes – Men’s Journal

Folding Bikes 1Folding Bikes 2

Chefs and Class – Men’s Journal

Teach a Man to Fish: the Gift of Cooking Class – Men’s Journal

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Best Chefs in the National Parks – Men’s Journal

Pyramids – Budget Travel

Dream of going to the Pyramids?  I did, for Budget Travel.

The Unknown Caribbean – Men’s Journal

Tropical islands aren’t so great for very long walks, unless you head to Dominica – Men’s Journal

How is Marriage Like a Prison? – BRIDES Magazine

When your soul-mate is your cell-mate, take the ball-and-chain on vacation!  – BRIDES Magazine

New Oyster Cult – Northshore Magazine

Oyster.com’s Elie Seidman plans on changing the way the world buys vacations – one online hotel review at a time  -  for Northshore Magazine.

Turkey Trouble – Men’s Journal

Are New York’s finest chefs building an ark and saving the world by serving up heritage turkeys?  Or on Thanksgiving would we rather sink our teeth into the tender flesh of a supermarket wonderbird?   -  for Men’s Journal

(online here)

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