In this episode of the US City Traveler Podcast, you get to meet fellow urban enthusiast Kelly Merritt, the acting Florida Editor for The Tasting Panel beverage magazine and the author of “The Everything Family Guide to Budget Travel.” Her work has been featured in Forbes Travel, Southern Living, AirTran Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, […]
Now that we’ve lost those extra few pounds that we gained on Thanksgiving and recovered from all of the sleep we lost on Black Friday, we can finally start finalizing our holiday checklist. Whether you’re planning on scoring big on Cyber Monday or spending a few long afternoons at the mall, here are some of […]
While the past decade has brought about a variety of positive changes to Las Vegas, including massive new hotel developments in the $9.2 billion CityCenter complex and the opening of luxurious new favorites like The Wynn and Encore. There’s even more to come in early 2014, as we should expect to see the opening of […]
The store that The New York Times called “Hollywood’s hottest shopping spot” back in 2005 is just as popular as ever before, as it has been visited by nearly every Hollywood A-lister since first opening in 2000. If you plan on going to just one store while you’re in LA, this is the one. They […]
La Carmina, from LaCarmina.com, is an alternative travel and pop culture TV host, journalist (Huffington Post, AOL, CNN), coolhunter, and author of 3 Jpop books — including Cute Yummy Time and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo. Her popular blog has been featured in major media (New Yorker, LA Times, Washington Post). She heads a TV production firm that provides […]
This urban, ultra hip and modern, 76 acre mixed-use complex is unlike any where else in the country. It has helped Vegas truely become a world class destination, making Vegas my second favorite vacation destination in the country, coming in right after Orlando. So what exactly is CityCenter? It’s a 16,797,000-square-foot, six building city within […]
*These are all things I actually use on vacation; they’re great gift ideas* #1. My Camera I highly recommend investing in a good camera, especially for an avid traveler. I started out with disposables, then I moved on to digital cameras at age 11. I was going right through cheaper cameras so at age 17 […]