On this Memorial Day, let us remember the fallen heroes among us. Let us also remember the best way to barbeque for the holiday, which may or may not include a trip to Costco to stock up for the big cook-out. Check out this post from the annals of Fly&Dine history to see what you…
Sunday of a long weekend? It’s the most perfect day of the week. Sit back, take a breath, and catch up on Fly&Dine. Hotel Hack: Use Your Apple TV While Traveling Munchery: The New Side of Food Delivery Fly&Dine Comes to Chicago Magazine! Brunch Buffet Review: Ojai Valley Inn & Spa; Ojai,…
Guys, let’s face it. It’s Memorial Day Weekend. I want to give you news, you want to read something while the grill is heating up. Let’s grill two birds with one stone with an update on JAL’s Restaurant in the Sky series. Instead of rewriting the press release, I’m just going to post it because,…
Normally when an airline announces a new menu, it’s referring to the introduction of several new dishes. That’s not the case with JAL who just announced their new breakfast “menu” at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport (HND) which appears to contain one item. If you’re into rye galettes topped with ham, egg, and cheese, you’re in…
This past weekend, I took a little family vacation with my girlfriend and my dog up to the ultra-pet-friendly Ojai Valley Inn. It was the first time I was bringing Cleo Bagels (my dog, not my girlfriend) to a hotel and I was nervous. Cleo is a wonderful little mutt and she’s very well-trained —…
Hotel. Brunch. Buffet. Just hearing those words gets me excited. Everyone loves a hotel brunch buffet. In fact, I love them so much, I created the definitive guide for maximizing your hotel brunch buffet. <—- click over there to read it This past weekend, I had the pleasure of being invited to explore the Ojai…
We’ve all been there. It’s late at night. You’re in a hotel room far from home with nothing to do. You turn on the TV and start scrolling through the 12 channels wondering if you’ve suddenly time-warped back to 1987. Surely there’s a way around this, right? Well, of course there is. You could pretend…
Growing up, my parents always had a copy of Chicago Magazine on the family room coffee table. As of this moment, I can proudly say I’ve made it (at least in terms of the Kessler family magazine library). My work has been featured before in a variety of places (not Variety, though) like The New…
For a few years now, there’s been a growing category of food delivery that’s like the cousin of regular restaurant delivery. Some services offer to drop off the ingredients to make your favorite meals while other others deliver full meals that you merely need to reheat. Munchery falls in the latter category. They just came…
Spring has sprung and summer is about to simmer, so grab a cup of coffee and catch these sizzling stories while you can. If you want to check out those awesome Amazon luggage deals without clicking on the story, hit this link instead. Otherwise, you know the drill. Click, read, return here for more. …
Summer travel season is quickly approaching (I believe it unofficially starts on Memorial Day), so if your luggage has seen better days, it’s probably time to trade up. Luckily, Amazon is offering another fantastic luggage sale. The last one offered excellent deals and this one appears to be equally as good or better. The sale…
Fly&Dine Contributor Paul Bacon is back with his latest find. Take it away, Paul… Des Moines, Iowa has a restaurant that is very famous. It has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and TV shows. I have been coming to Des Moines for five years and somehow I missed it on each trip. To add insult…
I’m calling it. It’s May 2015 and we are officially living in the future. All of the hallmarks of our future world — with the glaring exception of the flying car — have seemingly come to fruition. Just look at these new developments: 1. Apple just released a product that is essentially a Dick Tracy…
NASCAR fans, start your engines. If you’re down with Dale Earnhardt Jr. (as opposed to indie rock band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.), then this should come as very good news. The NASCAR driver owns beer and wing depot Whisky River in Uptown Charlotte and now he’s teamed up with HMSHost to open an outpost of…
