2007 Hoboken Accolades and Videos

As the year is coming to an end, many websites are doing their year-end “best of” reviews and recapping their content for 2007. In the past week, there were a few pieces re-released about my hometown of Hoboken. Both do a pretty good job for the city’s P.R. (see after the [...]

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Christmas Day in New York City

Being that New York is, truly, the city that never sleeps, you would expect that Christmas day would be as busy as usual – which is kinda true. Most of the city is sleepy, but the tourist holiday hot spots are jammed. Nonetheless, there’s probably not a Christmas scene more famous than that [...]

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BMW Ultimate Service, Confirmed + My new (and upcoming!) BMW X5

(Note:  I have since posted an entry with a detailed review of my new 2008 X5.)
Whether I am investing in millions of dollars worth of technology for work or buying a car for myself, total cost of ownership (TCO) is always in the back of my mind. Something that costs a dollar today doesn’t [...]

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Virgin Upper Class Check-In Experience Gives EOS a Run for its Money Out of Heathrow

I figured that I should take a moment to comment on Virgin Atlantic’s new Upper Class check-in arrangements at Heathrow, particularly given the popularity of my detailed review about Eos Airlines (which happens to be my most popular blog post, usually receiving a few hundred hits a day).
The new Virgin Experience out of Heathrow really [...]

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Exploring Brazil, Part One of Three: Rio de Janeiro

Those of you who regularly read my travel writings know that I’m rarely at a loss for words, but when it comes to Brazil, I have to be honest in saying that I have a challenging time figuring out how to capture the wonder, beauty and culture of Brazil in only a [...]

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