Notice a new category here at Vagablond? Introducing Shopping.vagablond.com, where we’ll tell you about the greatest new gadgets, fashionable clothing, stylish stuff to accessorize your outfit, and much more. Since Apple is the epitome of cutting edge, it’s only appropriate that we kick off this section with the Nike iPod. Through a partnership between these…
Every year at the end of July, tens of thousands of people gather in the town of Gilroy, AKA the “Garlic Capital of the World.” Located about 50 miles southeast of San Francisco, it’s the locale of the Gilroy Garlic Festival. As its Website proclaims, here, you can “feast on food laced with over two…
About 18 months ago, I was about to leave for London. My doctor’s British assistant said, “Oh, you simply must eat at Gordon Ramsay.” After I looked up his restaurant, I realized I couldn’t afford more than the appetizers here. So I passed. He since has become better known as the screaming, abusive chef on…
If you’ve ever camped or eaten during a road trip, you know it be a hassle. And messy. This Outdoor Meal Kit from a company called Light My Fire offers a complete kit with two plates, a spill-free cup, a colander/cutting board, and a spork. Plus, it’s all enclosed in a waterproof container for your…
We thought we’ve seen some of the hippest spas around in the US or the Middle East. Now, you’ve got to get wet at the Yi Spa and it’s in Berlin. Here, red and brown are the new white for the spa’s interior. Hot pink is in, too. So is just about any color except…
They don’t really want you moving the furniture around the way the late ex-Beatle did. But you can sleep in and have breakfast amongst snowy, plumped up pillows while munching on the same foods John Lennon and Yoko Ono enjoyed more than 30 years ago. The John Lennon suite in the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel…
To 99.9% of the world, honey is honey. Most of it comes from China or Argentina and tastes pretty much the same. But now, according to our friends at Springwise.com –– new business ideas for entrepreneurial minds –– the latest buzz in designer foods is artisanal honey. It’s become a “snobmoddity” like luxury cars or…
Continuing my mission to improve the local economies of developing countries through wanton self-indulgence, I traveled down from Goa to Kerala, the south-western Indian state famed as the home of Ayurvedic medicine. Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of traditional remedies and treatments which aim to create harmony within the natural rhythms of the body…
Next month, a new phone will be available in Italy, as Samsung collaborates with Versace’s youth-oriented line called Versus. The Versus E500 is a clamshell cellular phone which includes a 1.3 MG camera, a music player and Bluetooth connectivity. It will be available in white-and-gold, white-and-antique mist or black-and-silver. While not every Oakland Raider fan…
We’re going to take a road trip in a few weeks. So my wife told me about this great site called RoadFood.com. It focuses on “great regional meals along highways, in small towns and in city neighborhoods. It is sleeves-up food made by cooks, bakers, pitmasters, and sandwich-makers who are America’s culinary folk artists… The…
I’ve enjoyed snorkeling and scuba diving in Key Largo and Islamorada. But, someday soon, I hope to get to Key West and its most famous place to drink: Sloppy Joe’s Bar. Yesterday, this local establishment and internationally known bar held its annual ‘Papa’ Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. Since 1933, Sloppy Joe’s staff has welcomed patrons daily…
If you’ve ever craned your neck skyward to view the Eiffel Tower (in France, not that fake one in Vegas), the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, or any of the other famous sites in Paris, then today’s storybook ending for American Floyd Landis to the Le Tour de France is even more poignant. I was…