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Love Spanish food? Love travel? Love hot Hollywood leading ladies? This yummy blend of road trip documentary is truly a foodie’s quest - in this case for off the beaten but top shelf Spanish food. Affable celebrity chef Mario Batali, along with the beautiful and charming Gwyneth Paltrow are magnetic, even with Reality-TV production quality. They,...  Read More »

The French Polynesian island groups do not share a common history before the establishment of the French protectorate in 1889. The first French Polynesian islands to be settled by Polynesians were the Marquesas Islands in AD 300 and the Society Islands in AD 800. The Polynesians were organized in petty chieftainships. European discovery began in 1521...  Read More »

There are about 140 hotels in Cancún with more than 24,000 rooms and 380 restaurants. Four million visitors arrive each year in an average of 190 flights daily. The Hotel Zone of Cancun is shaped like a 7 with bridges on each end connecting to the mainland. Hotels on the vertical or long side of the 7 tend to have rougher beaches and beach erosion...  Read More »

Though New Yorkers were recently brought up short by the financial crisis, with no one quite knowing just how bad it would be, one thing this city has going for it is its resiliency. Yes, there are worries about 401(k)s and mortgage payments — and perhaps a second thought about spending time in clubs with $300 bottle service — but there are still...  Read More »

The goods: Not so long ago, only surfers knew about this isle along Brazil’s southern coast. But that changed after the international fashion world was swarmed by models hailing from the area (including Gisele Bündchen, born in a nearby state). The island itself, nicknamed “Floripa” and connected to the mainland by bridge, ain’t...  Read More »

Behind Shanghai’s skyscrapers, Art Deco edifices, and colonial bungalows lies a maze of lanes lined with teahouses, ancient markets, and sidewalk stalls—a parallel world that reveals an untold history. Recent transplant Emily Prager steps out her back door and into a hidden city few outsiders ever find I had lived in Shanghai for about two months...  Read More »

Next year everyone will be able to come to a Walt Disney World’s theme parks on their birthdays and get in free. That’s the cornerstone of the 2009 national promotional campaign, “What will you celebrate?” announced today by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Anyone showing up with a valid ID including proof of birthdate will get...  Read More »

It might be notorious for its late-night party scene, swanky beach hotels with steeply priced drinks and the beachgoers who wear barely-there $300 swimsuits, but vacationing Miami-style doesn’t have to cost a fortune. From $3 beers to staying at a hostel for $34 a night to $7 bike rides along the Florida Everglades, visitors looking for deals...  Read More »

Home to one of the world’s most active volcanoes and the world’s tallest sea mountain. Birthplace of surfing and the hula. Former seat of a royal kingdom. Hawaii is one of the youngest geological formations in the world and the youngest state of the union. But perhaps Hawaii’s most unique feature is its Aloha Spirit: the warmth of the people...  Read More »