Where to stay in New York City if you prefer going local to ticking off sights – our neighbourhood guide covers the New York City boutique hotels we recommend for travellers who enjoy exploring local neighbourhoods and getting a taste of the rhythm of everyday life. This guide to where to stay in New York … Read more
Some of the best things to do in Chinatown New York include checking into chic Chinatown digs, exploring the compelling Museum of Chinese in America, eating dumplings and drinking tea to your heart’s content, and kicking back in Columbus Park (with dumplings). Chinatown in New York is one of my favourite Manhattan neighbourhoods – a … Read more
When we met Austin musicians Suzanna Choffel and Dan Dyer, and Dan’s girlfriend-cum-manager Mahshad Vakili (pictured here singing and dancing), Mahshad said she would keep us informed and let us know if there were any good gigs we should see while we’re in Austin. Well, we did a pretty good job of getting ourselves out … Read more
We first used Context a couple of years ago when we were working on some stories in Rome. We were just starting to develop the germ of the idea for Grantourismo then, and in a way Context was part of our experiment. We wanted to see if walking tours such as those offered by Context could … Read more
At the end of two weeks of eating in New York City we still felt like we’d missed something. We’d had the gamut of food experiences, from gastro-pubs to gastronomic fine-diners, hot dogs to hamburgers, from ‘ethnic’ to American, but we still didn’t quite ‘get’ New York food. And don’t get us wrong. We had … Read more