When you arrive in Old San Juan, it is into the humid bustle of downtown's tourist section. Leave as quickly as the trolly will carry you, you will not experience Puerto Rico at Sombrero Jack’s, and there's a free shuttle begging you to get on.
Viva Las Vegas, but especially Viva The Sapphire Pool Club -- Thanks to them, topless pool parties will abound this coming summer within the sandy gates of America’s most sinful city.
Whenever I hear too much enthusiasm about something, I usually decide that it's exaggerated, and ignore 3/4 of it, on account of how mature and open-minded I am. When I heard that a tiny subway-stop sushi restaurant in Tokyo had the best sushi in the entire world, I scoffed. I'm a believer now. Sorry, Jiro.
After returning from his work as a nurse during the Civil War, S.P. Dinsmoor built himself a 10-room log cabin and spent the rest of his life making it into a weird, awesome art installation. Not a bad way to spend your days.
While our weekend COD and pizza binges are always a good time, it's also nice to have interactions with other humans sometimes. At least that's what we've heard. If you love video games and aren't paralyzingly agoraphobic, arcades are a good time. Sadly, we lose more of them every day, but this one in Colorado is alive and well, and worth the trip.
"From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. " -Jacques Yves Cousteau
Some people believe that the way you spend the first day of the new year is an indication of how the rest of your your year will be. If this holds any water, my 2013 is going to be really weird, and really awesome.
Affectionately known as 'The Rock, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay is a former prison with a long and amazingly well-documented history.
If you're on a quest for Big Foot, head on down to the Florida Everglades and you'll be in good company.
Sleeping is overrated, right? Just checking, because I'm probably never going to sleep ever again.
If you listen to the news, Detroit is a city that has fallen. What they won't tell you much about is how exciting it is to be in a city whose residents are picking it back up, piece by piece.
As the Holidays get closer, decorations are popping up everywhere we look. In a little town in Indiana, though, it's Christmas all year long, and it's a little weird.
