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NYC for New Year’s Eve?
If you’re one of those brave or crazy folks planning on ringing in 2009 in New York City’s Times Square, this post’s for you. One [...]
Mumbai Calls for Peace
At last count, there were 250,000 people on the streets of Mumbai on December 3, the one week mark of the terrorist attack on Mumbai City. Civilia [...]
5 Best Election Night Tweets
Amidst a group of bloggers writing live from NPR’s headquarters, up above the streets of Washington, D.C., I was glued to Twitter. There’ [...]
5 Things You Should Know About Guantanamo
There are dozens of stories that I want to share from my experiences at Guantanamo’s US Naval Base this week. But there are also facts–bo [...]
Words to Give You the Willies
In the US and looking for something offbeat to do for Halloween? The New York Public Library’s “LIVE from the NYPL” Program has sc [...]
The Real Problem in America: Too Many People Like This
So what’s the biggest threat to the United States of America these days? Is it terrorism? The economy, or the lack of affordable health care? W [...]
7 Things Americans Abroad Can Do for Obama
Obama supporters abroad, unite! Just because you’re living or traveling abroad doesn’t mean that you can’t contribute to ObamaR [...]
Ms. Palin, Can We See Your Passport, Please?
Sure, the Matador editors have been a little bit obsessed with Sarah Palin over the past couple of days. We’ve poked fun at Palin’s patri [...]
10 Constants of Air Travel
As someone who spends lots of time in airports and airplanes, I got a good laugh out of Matador writer Liv Hambrett’s “10 Constants of A [...]
Tips for Foodie Travelers
No matter where you travel, you’re sure to come across McDonald’s and KFC. But you don’t REALLY want to eat there, do you? The [...]
Freebie of the Week: Stoke from Global Oneness
There’s lots of bad news in the world. War. Poverty. Threats to the environment. But amidst all the doomsday forecasts, there’s lots [...]
Room for You… in Space
So, if you haven’t been following news from outer space lately, here’s an update. Last year, Galactic Suite Limited established itself a [...]
Engrish Spoken Here
Some of our favorite Engrish signs found at home and abroad… Photo: Augapfel (creative commons) Photo: Shamam (creative commons) Photo: Stard [...]
Paul Theroux on ‘Ghost Train to the Eastern Star’
Would it be too dramatic if I said that ‘Ghost Train to the Eastern Star‘ is the most anticipated travel book of the year? Maybe. But fo [...]
Voluntourism: Changing the World, One Rich Kid at a Time?
That’s the theory put forward in this provocative opinion piece by Globe and Mail columnist Judith Timson. “Let’s face it,” [...]
Hello, Dolly!: Latest Hurricane News
Hurricane Dolly made landfall earlier today in the coastal region of Texas and northern Mexico. While locals brace for gale-force rains and winds, a [...]
What’s your favorite travel gadget?
A Matador member’s home in Baja Do you have a favorite travel gadget or must-have piece of travel gear? Maybe it’s a perfect pack or a t [...]
New York City’s New Go-To Guide
Citysearch. Zagat. Time Out. Village Voice. Wallpaper City Guides. There are hundreds of printed and online guides to New York City, but one of the [...]
You can bet your bottom dollar…
that I’ll be avoiding all these new bag charges that US airlines are imposing. After the April announcement that they’d be charging a & [...]
Palimpsest City
One of my perpetual interests and preoccupations is the loss and capture of great stories. Who used to live in my apartment? What was the corner sto [...]
Consumerism with a Conscience
I’m recently back from a trip to New Orleans, and what impressed me as much as anything was the level of local entrepreneurial spirit and robus [...]
Gitmo, PA
A few months back, I applied for a press pass to visit the U.S. military’s Guantanamo Bay outpost in Cuba. Though the application has yet to be [...]
I’ll take that to go, please: Best Travel Podcasts. Period.
I’m a relative newcomer to podcasts, but after receiving a link from Matador member Steven Jay Weinberg (who has some pretty great podcasts hi [...]
“Oh give me a home…”
If you’re a writer, you don’t need me to tell you about that creeping feeling of anxiety that swells up at the end of each month when yo [...]
What We Hate About Travel… & Love to Complain About
Matador members love travel, and because they’re on the road, in the skies, and on the seas so much, they have a lot to say about how the trave [...]
Pulse Picks of the Week: Know Your Host(elier)
The Matador community is full of people with interesting businesses, and it’s not surprising that a handful of members are travel industry entr [...]
Can Cell Phones End Poverty?
That’s the question Sara Corbett asked in a recent New York Times Magazine article about the varied uses of cell phones around the world. Corb [...]
