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Happy Thanksgiving to all my turkey lovers. I'm broadcasting live via Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia where the temperature is too cold to reenact the first Thanksgiving. A year ago, I had Thanksgiving at the Aloft Phoenix Airport...

For he who says, "It is the journey not the destination that is important," I say, "Have you stayed at a St. Regis?" My constant internal struggle of whether I prefer the posh life of...

This is part of the Trip Report So Long Mongolia, Hello SE Asia (December-January 2015) which covers: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Bangkok, Thailand Chiang Rai, Thailand Yangon, Myanmar Ngwe Saung, Myanmar Mandalay, Myanmar Bagan, Myanmar Hong Kong Orlando, Florida Catch up by reading the preview, The Banana Pancake Trail to...

If NYC is the epicenter of the universe, then Times Square is the epicenter of overrated. The same can be said about the Sheraton New York Times Square...

Happy to be recognized as a person, following a less than impressive stay at the Sheraton Times Square, I headed to the quaint Four Points Manhattan SoHo...

No De Niro, no problem. The Sheraton Tribeca may not draw in the celebs but this also keeps the required dinero needed to stay here to a minimum. I had...

Le Parker Meridien must be pronounced with the stuffy French accent its name invokes. But, there's nothing pompous about this hotel. It is elegant yet...

Having lived in Scottsdale off and on for ten yen years, I am intimately familiar with the W Scottsdale both as a guest and as a pool/bar visitor...

As luck would have it, my favorite hotel in Bangkok, the Aloft had recently opened in the posh neighborhood of Gangnam in Seoul. The Aloft Seoul Gangnam...

I am partial to Le Royal Méridien because it is located next to my old apartment building. It is also located next to Nanjing Walking Street, an overcrowded place that is worth seeing once but should otherwise be avoided. Le Royal Méridien is only a few minutes away from The Bund, The French Concession, West Nanjing Road, and all that is good in life.