Eating on the Road: Lose Weight, Save the Planet
It’s easy to put on a few pounds when you travel a lot. Those big hotel breakfasts, a lunch meeting, another meeting over dinner — even if you are dedicated in using the hotel gym, the calories add up....
View ArticleRestaurant Recommendations from Fellow Nomads
We’ve received great responses to our request for restauant recommendations to share with our fellow Nomads. Here are a few; more tomorrow. Please send us yours if you haven’t already. “Just back from...
View ArticleNew York Report
Your Nomad-in-Chief made a brief visit to New York last week. These are penurious times and so I was delighted to find a room at the Park 79 Hotel for just $99. It is a basic property: no bar, no...
View ArticleDining Solo
It is inevitable for those of us who travel on business to wind up eating the odd dinner alone. Some opt for room service and the remote though that, to me, smacks of a serious lack of imagination. No...
View ArticleSan Francisco Sojourn
I was in San Francisco on business earlier this week. It is truly one of my favorite destinations and I’m always happy whether in the city for business or pleasure. I was facilitating the BeDo Intra 09...
View ArticleAu Revoir, Gourmet
I am among the many saddened to have learned that Gourmet magazine will publish its last issue next month. It is a casualty of the current economic malaise as well as larger forces reshaping our...
View ArticleHip Hotels — Still Tragic
Several years ago after a stay at the Roosevelt Hollywood I wrote a blog post for Harvard Business Publishing about the tragically hip hotel. Recently I was in New York staying at the Hudson Hotel and,...
View ArticleHotel Restaurants in Disguise
Hotel restaurants seem to be going incognito more and more. On sites like Open Table present the restaurants as stand-alone concerns, I assume by design of the client, which can be fine — or not. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three Great Meals in Boston
Cognac Bistro Photo: Boston Herald The restaurant scene in Boston is always lively. Recently, your Nomad-in-Chief has had the chance to try three new eateries. I’m happy to say that all are worth a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Locavore Inspires, Depresses
Imagine a restaurant dedicated to local food and supporting as many local people as possible. Imagine such a restaurant that rejects pretension and doesn’t need to add three adjectives to every...
View Article