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You think you know a neighborhood, until you don't. Every day, I commute back and between Manhattan and  Queens via an express bus, a...

    Chef George Mendes of Aldea fame, the Michelin-starred Portuguese restaurant in New York City, recently opened Lupulo -- the name tran...

Do you consider yourself a writer? Maybe you have a brilliant idea for a book and you've been jotting down notes on Post-Its and hiding ...

Wreck This Journal is the journal  for the non-journal writer. The traveler who wants to record their experiences and impressions, but be...

To some of us, sending a greeting card seems so 19th century. Oh sure, you send a greeting card for the end-of-the-year holidays, maybe. But...

I'm not an umbrella person, especially when I travel. It's just one more thing to carry and, most likely, lose. Since I don't ch...

 My friends joke about how I describe my ideal pancake: it should resemble a cloud and literally feel like it's floating off the plate. ...

Reykjavik is one of my favorite cities in the world: full of culture and striking views of mountains and sea, with an ever-present sense of...

Here today, gone tomorrow. That's what it sometimes feels like after uploading images to Instagram or Facebook. They  don't have any...