"Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards; But It Must Be Lived Forwards." -Kierkegaard
What does it take to achieve the very highest level of free perks that a hotel chain can offer?
Donald Trump Takes a Break
Tonight, Donald Trump heads to Scotland on a short, 36-hour trip, not to meet with political leaders during a time of particular tumult for the United Kingdom, but rather, to visit two golf courses that he owns.
Presidential Campaign Interrupts Hillary Clinton's Hamptons Vacation
Hillary Clinton had planned to spend the last two weeks of August in the Hamptons. But! Next week, she is going to have to take a quick jaunt across the Midwest. You know what they say about the campaign trail: it stretches all the way from Montauk to Des Moines.http://gawker.com/oligarch-possi…
Hotels Are Full Now
Hotels: they’re full now. More full than ever. What is it about hotels that is making them so full now?
The No Money Team
In the sixth round last night, the fight started in the crowd.
It Is Fight Week and Las Vegas Is a Timeless Vortex
“You here for the fight?” said my cab driver, who looked like a less successful Guy Fieri. “I used to work for referee Jay Nady, the highest grossing boxing referee of all time.” He gestured out the window at a stoplight. “See that cab? That’s Jay Nady’s cab company right there. The ones with the ‘A.’ The ‘A’ is for…
Mars Is the Worst Vacation
You like to travel? Here's an idea. Why not travel—to Mars? Bad idea!
Cuba Welcomes You, Yankee Imperialists!
"Each person should feel happy at work. They should feel happy with their task as creators. They should instill all those around them with their revolutionary and creative enthusiasm." — Che Guevara.
If Beyoncé and Jay Z Lived on the Ice Planet from Interstellar
In a new series of photos posted to Beyonce.com, Beyoncé(.com) and Jay Z show that you don't have to have a bad time just because you live on the ice planet from Interstellar. It's all about your attitude.
Don't Donate to Other People's Vacations, Idiots
Sure, it's easy to laugh at the greedy, clueless, entitled people who attempt to "crowdfund" various non-charitable self-serving endeavors. But who is really to blame?
Reminder: Take Your Vacation Days, Idiots
A survey from the U.S. Travel Association finds that 41% of you who are lucky enough to have jobs that offer vacation days "do not plan to use" all your paid time off this year. Time for a new plan.
You Can Vacation at a Fake Shanty Town With Luxury Amenities
Though "authentic" tourism experiences will always carry a whiff of the ridiculous, a case can be made that visiting a country's slums does have some redeeming side effects. Unless you're visiting fake slums built inside a luxury resort.
DC Boys Going to Ptown Know How to Party Without Handbooks
Last month, we brought you the farcical-but-real 58-page Powerpoint handbook assembled in preparation for an "Epic July 4th Trip to Ptown!" by some self-proclaimed "DC Boys." In response, another group of DC Boys going to Provincetown for July 4th made this video, to illustrate their poignant Summertime Sadness. Enjoy.
Here's a 58-Page Handbook for Some Dudes' 'Epic July 4th Trip to Ptown!'
The summer is here, and that means it's time for thousands of affluent east coast party animals to pack up and head to the rented beach house in Provincetown for the annual 4th of July PARTY WEEK. Are all you guys ready to "have a blast this summer with another epic July 4th trip to Ptown?" Great! Step one: read this…
World Economic Forum Meeting in a Real Shithole Right Now
The global business and economic leaders (and the media) who attend meetings of the World Economic Forum are used to five-star hotels, world-class dining, and understated luxury. And for their current meeting, the WEF has brought them all to... Naypyitaw, Myanmar. What is this shit?
Use Google's New North Korea Map to Plan Your Epic DPRK Road trip
Google has just released its first, detailed maps of North Korea. You know what that means: ROOAAAD!!! TRIIIP!!!
Staten Island Beaches Full of Needles
After an extended soggy winter, it's finally beach needle season in New York. Four New Yorkers stepped on beach needles in the past few weeks. Where were most of them, I wonder? Specifically? "Three incidents happened within the last three weeks on Staten Island."
The New Yorker Is Clearly Screwing With Us on Purpose Now
I'm sure I'm not the first one to point this out, but it must be said: in the July 23 issue of The New Yorker, Jane Kramer has written a "Personal History" story entitled "A Reporter At Odds: Trading the notebook for a guidebook." The intro:
Among the Junketeers: 90 Hours in Vegas, Selling Out Hard
LAS VEGAS — It only took 24 hours for the Stockholm Syndrome to set in. It was after the huge, boomerang-sized crab legs had been cleared away and the Wagyu beef had been consumed and all the after-dinner whiskeys had been drained and they'd ushered us past the hundreds of ordinary suckers and through the VIP entrance…
Hero Portlanders Live to Tell of Journey Through America's Savage South
Remember how last week we were talking about the "post-pointless" era of journalism, in which any and all experiences no matter how banal can be packaged as journeys of discovery and wonder, and sold to superficially pop-intellectual sites like Slate and Salon as something that appears just meaningful enough for a…
