On the grand scale of things that I love, room service breakfast is nestled right between free premium channel preview weekends (“Why yes, Showtime, I WILL binge watch Californication this weekend. Thank you very much.”) and pictures of puppies sleeping upside down (they look like they’re sleep-flying!). That is to say, I LOVE me some…
In this installment of the Fly&Dine Interview + Giveaway series, we’re talking to Lucky (aka Ben) of BoardingArea goliath One Mile at a Time. If you’re a regular reader of his blog (and with his readership numbers, I assume that everybody is), then you know that Ben’s about to leave his permanent address in the…
You know that feeling of elation you get when you realize you’re going to have an empty seat next to you on a flight? Well multiply that times a hundred for a 15-hour international flight. That’s the joy that coursed through my body as they closed the cabin door for my trip (CX881) from Los…
Get ready for a TON of coverage about my trip to Hong Kong! One of the perks of being a guest of Cathay Pacific is that despite the fact that I was flying Premium Economy (more on that later), I was invited to experience the oneworld First Class Lounge at LAX. When I checked in,…
While I figure Fly&Dine is still too new to have truly regular visitors, anyone who’s stopped by in the last week may have noticed that I wasn’t able to post. That’s because of two very lame words: emergency surgery. Now that my kidney stone (his name was Elliott) has made an early departure, I can…
So I used to write a column for Bon Appetit Magazine’s website called “The Nitpicker.” The basic premise was this: I complained about something in the food world. Definitely a dream job and I did it happily for over three years. Along the way, I wrote a post called “I’m Sick of Stinky Food on…
I’ve been in St. Louis for the weekend and I’m sitting at STL right now as Southwest proves once again that they’re all about the delays (seriously, it seems like half of the flights leaving here tonight are delayed). The good news is that I’m sitting by Gate E6 and there’s some plywood up across…
This week marks the fourth month that Fly&Dine has been flying and I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am that the site is doing so well. When I launched it, I thought that I would maybe convince a hundred people a day to check out what I was posting. Now, after…
Just a friendly reminder that my $50 Starbucks giveaway contest ends on Sunday 3/23/14 just before midnight. Read my interview with View from the Wing’s Gary Leff to find out about the incredible food journey he had on a recent trip to Asia. The interview is here: http://flyanddine.boardingarea.com/flydine-interview-giveaway-view-from-the-wing/ Just answer the question at the bottom…
For some people, a morning doesn’t begin until that first cup of coffee hits their lips. Airports know this. As soon as you get through security, there’s a good chance that you’re jonesing for that joe, so there are coffee shops ready and waiting to deliver your fix. That usually means Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts…
If you like candy as much as I do (and if you do, you’re probably 6 years old), then you’ll be thrilled to learn that iconic New York candy shop Dylan’s Candy Bar is coming to JFK’s JetBlue Terminal (T5). The candy store bills itself as “the world’s largest confectionery emporium,” and while I’m sure…
It’s about to get a little more rewarding to be a GlassHole… Stanford Court, a boutique hotel on San Francisco’s Nob Hill, is offering a free cocktail, beer, or glass of wine if you have the indecency to wear Google Glass inside their doors. All you have to do (assuming you’re the idiot who wears…
Gary Leff from the excellent View from the Wing is a heavyweight in the world of miles and point blogging. He’s been chasing miles for years and a big part of all of that traveling is eating along the way. You may be following Gary’s posts about his recent trip to Southeast Asia, but I…
Theme park food? Not great. Food theme park? Incredible! Or at least that’s what my daydreaming brain has decided. Eataly, the Italian chain of super-super markets (more like sprawling villages of food than your local grocery store) is behind the plan in Bologna, Italy. If you’ve ever been to one of their locations all over…
