Travel

I am a world traveler, which mainly means places one can get to by scooter.

Long Beach Island

Long Beach Island, NJ

Some say Long Beach Island (LBI) is the French Riviera of New Jersey. Not a lot of people, but some people. Mostly drunk people. But, still. Truth be told, I'm ...
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Canandaigua Lake

Canandaigua Lake, NY

Sure some people go to Paris. Some go to the Caribbean. Some get all wacky and go on safari or to Iceland. Us? The Hipster family drives several hours to a lake...
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Laguna Beach

Laguna Beach / San Diego, CA

The thing is, I grew up in Southern California. Los Angeles, to be exact. So when Hipster Parents took their retirement and moved to Laguna Beach a couple years...
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Lincoln Monmument

Washington, D.C.

So, the government is closed. Well, technically it's partially closed. Hopefully, by the time you're reading this it's back open and garbage hasn't totally subs...
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Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Dublin provides the perfect canvas for any New Yorker (or anyone on the East Coast for that matter) looking to binge drink for a couple days in a city that is w...
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Temecula

Temecula Valley Wine Country, CA

It is my goal to visit every off-brand wine region in the country. Okay, it's not so much a goal as a coincidence. I've done the Santa Ynez region in California...
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Dallas

Dallas, Texas

While not one of my sexier trips, Dallas is definitely a city. No, I swear, it's a real place, not just something that sprung from Montgomery Burns wannabe Jerr...
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Gettysburg, PA

Gettysburg, PA

I believe the last time I was in Gettysburg, PA was on a teen tour that left Los Angeles and meandered across the US and Canada, stopping at places of significa...
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Ogunquit, ME

For some reason everyone to a person asked me if I was going to get Johnny cakes whilst up in Maine. I took me a second to realize that they were referring to t...
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Prague

Prague is a place I've wanted to visit for years. It had that Eastern Block tinge, plus a brutal and medieval history reflected in its architecture and grand au...
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Amsterdam

I have never seen so many white guys with dreads as I did in Amsterdam. It felt like one extended Spin Doctors concert! And, yeah, dudes, you don't have to prov...
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The Dominican Republic

So we roll into the airport in The Dominican Republic, four adults and three children all told. The tarmac onto which we descend was probably not unlike an ange...
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Philly

Philadelphia

Sure, it's kind of lame taking a "vacation" like ninety minutes from one's house, but I suppose it's better than a weekend in Newark. That said, why not visit t...
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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Planning a beach vacation when you're really not a beach person seems like a losing proposition all around. Planning a vacation to a place that only seems like ...
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