As I’ve mentioned before, I’m on a trip to Morocco this week and that meant spending a night in New York on Saturday. From 10am on Saturday morning until 10am Monday morning (Morocco time), I’ve been without internet access and that meant Sunday came and went without a Fly&Dine weekly recap post. Instead of just…
I’m currently flying over Iowa en route to New York (and then Morocco) and writing this using JetBlue’s free Fly-Fi wifi service. If you’re not familiar with JetBlue, read the last part of that sentence again: Free. Fly-Fi. Wifi service. While American/Delta/United are happy to charge you $15+ per flight to access their Gogo routers,…
Dear Friends. I’m about to embark upon my first trip to Africa. Tomorrow, I’ll leave Los Angeles and find myself in Morocco by the end of the weekend. This is one of the first times I’ve gone to a destination where I have no idea what to expect. That’s why I’m calling on you, the…
Food magazines are made for different audiences. Every Day with Rachael Ray targets the active mom demographic, Bon Appetit goes for the cool hunter with disposable income, and Food Network Magazine aims for people who get Guy Fieri tattoos on their necks. Saveur falls on this spectrum, too, but all the way at the hoity-toity…
ATTENTION! ATTENTION! This is a Fly&Dine Public Service Announcement. Go into any Chipotle dressed in costume on Friday after 5pm and be rewarded with a $3 burrito, order of tacos, or salad. No word on whether the costume has to be Chipotle-themed, but it wouldn’t hurt. Even better? It’s a fundraiser! They’re donating $1,000,000 of…
Another day, another announcement of an airline partnering with an established brand to provide better meals. Okay, okay, so it may not be as routine as I make it seem but it’s certainly happening more frequently these days. ANA just announced their partnership with Patina, Cathay Pacific teamed up with the Mandarin Oriental, and now…
I do my best to post daily on Fly&Dine in the hopes that it’ll keep you coming back for more. Last week, though, I had to push pause on Fly&Dine mid-flight because I was working on a project that required my undivided attention for 14+ hours a day. Please accept my apologies, but know that…
Los Angeles is the city where fine dining went to die. While New York and Chicago still carry the banner of the besuited service staff high and proud, LA has watched its fine dining restaurants get picked off like high-ranking government officials in a terrible sniper movie. I wrote a story a few years back…
Put on your favorite slippers, grab a cup of coffee, and throw your giant newspaper in the trash. It’s Sunday and you’ve got Fly&Dine stories to catch up on. Hit these links and fill the end of your weekend with the joy of eating while you travel. Or whatever. You’re an adult. You make your…
On my flight from LA to Madrid on American Airlines, I was really let down by the meal. My hopes were somewhat higher on the return flight (first on Iberia with no meal, then on British Airways for dinner). First, the good news: it was, as I hoped, better. The bad news? It still wasn’t…
One of my biggest frustrations with the airline food game is that airlines seem so reluctant to share what they’re serving on flights. Restaurants all around the world happily display their full menu on their websites, but airlines act as if what they’re serving is a closely guarded secret. To counteract this foodie spy mode,…
If you’ve arrived here looking for a write-up of free massages or in-lounge accountants doing your taxes for free or something, you’re about to be sorely disappointed. I was just in Madrid — oh, hey TONS OF MADRID STORIES — and found a new little friend in Iberia’s SaliDali Lounge at MAD. Judging by the…
A couple of weeks ago, I ran a giveaway where readers had to mention their favorite airport deals in order to enter. While some of you took the pessimistic “There are deals at the airport?!? LOL! OMG! SO FUNNY!,” other people weighed in with great advice and instead of letting it all languish in the…
It’s with great sadness that I say goodbye to Madrid. I loved my time here and was so happy to help the NH Collection EuroBuilding Hotel celebrate their grand re-opening. If you haven’t kept up with my trip, relive it all today while I fly back on not one, but two airlines I’ve never flown…
