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The Nomads have been busy. Check out the new restaurant listings in three great cities: London, New York, and San Francisco. Have you been to Benu? Dovetail? Graham Elliot's? Coming soon, our report on Florence, Italy. What new restaurants, shops, and hotels have you discovered recently? Please share. … [Read more...]
Business travelers don't often carry guide books but every once in awhile there are enough sights to see that you want to toss one in your briefcase. A recent trip to Florence and Rome gave your Nomad-in-Chief the chance to test several and here's my report. Each was chosen for its compact size knowing that business travelers are taking care of … [Read more...]
It's been a long flight. The only available seat was in the middle -- between a snorer and a talker. The plane was stuck on the tarmac for 45 minutes. Waaaaahhhhh! This is the kind of welcome home that can chase all of that away. If only I had arrived at Heathrow on 27 October. I love flash mobs (even more when there is no commercial … [Read more...]
If you are facing a weekend in London, there is plenty to do in town. However, why not consider a bit of time in the country? The Cotswolds offer quintessentially charming rolling, sheep-filled meadows, rambling gardens, and honey-toned stone cottages. Best of all, they're just about 90 minutes from central London. The Cots are served regularly … [Read more...]
Wildfire Grill, a restaurant I've written about before as one of the few bright spots in the Perimeter area of Atlanta, features a selection of half-priced bottles on Monday nights. Tonight I enjoyed a 2007 Rosenblum Petit Syrah for just $19.50. Rosenblum is a consistent maker of lovely wines that capture the territory of their little piece of … [Read more...]
Your Nomad-in-Chief recently spent a few days in London on business and was delighted to discover a couple of wonderful new restaurants (at least new to Executive Nomad) as well as revisiting an old favorite. Angelus, just north of Hyde Park, is a lovely French brasserie housed in a former pub. It is a neighborhood kind of place, yet certainly … [Read more...]
Perhaps it is the unrelenting heat and humidity here in the northeast but it is pet peeve time here at Executive Nomad: it's time for bar waiters to learn their wine lists. Last week, I met colleagues at Woodward, the bar at the new Ames Hotel in Boston. The setting was lovely. We sat in the quiet second floor bar in comfortable club chairs … [Read more...]
There's a new Kimpton in town (NYC, that is), the Eventi. I stopped there for a night recently to check it out. Its location is ideal if you are traveling by train as it is close by Penn Station though the immediate neighborhood still doesn't offer a lot of diversions beyond that. Just south, however, is the heart of Chelsea and the Flatiron … [Read more...]
Terminal A at Boston's Logan Airport features the new full body scanners at security and I took my second trip through about a half-an-hour ago. I don't know if they make us any safer (and I wish the TSA would at least buy me a drink before examining my full anatomy) but the certainly make security slower and more cumbersome. My belt and … [Read more...]
Hotel restaurants seem to be going incognito more and more. On sites like Open Table present the restaurants as stand-alone concerns, I assume by design of the client, which can be fine -- or not. I admit that I generally steer away from hotel dining because it tends to be either boring, over-priced, or both. I was recently on a whirlwind trip … [Read more...]
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