Thank you for returning to Executive Nomad. Wondering why don't we feature reviews of the sites we recommend? Find Out.. If you haven't already, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feedI have to say that I was disappointed when the Legal Sea Foods outpost at Reagan National Airport (DCA) closed. It...

Your Nomad-in-Chief recently spent several days in Atlanta for a variety of meetings. My hotel, chosen by my hosts, was the Marriott Perimeter Center – an older property in need of a refresh. Despite the stuck-in-the-80’s feel, the staff was quite friendly and helpful and the suite we used...

A recent foray into Manhattan gave me the opportunity to try The Fitzpatrick, a relatively new hotel on Lexington between 56th & 57th Streets. It is operated by an Irish group and has another hotel in the Grand Central area as well as properties in Ireland. It’s done in the classic style —...

As we head toward a new year it is a good time to look at what lies ahead when we head to the airport. In a phrase, it isn’t pretty. The thwarted on-board bombing on a Northwest flight headed from Amsterdam to Detroit portends increased airport security with the attendant longer lines and waits....

I am among the many saddened to have learned that Gourmet magazine will publish its last issue next month. It is a casualty of the current economic malaise as well as larger forces reshaping our society. Gourmet has been an inspiration to me for years. It is among the catalysts for my view of travel...

I have to admit to being a pioneer in the field of virtual wine tastings, having held one about three years ago. It was mostly an excuse to drink wine but I still like to give it the label of “noble experiment.” That was a Webinar but things have evolved. Tonight at 8, Elizabeth Eisenbeis...

We don’t often run memorial tributes on Executive Nomad but the song Leaving on a Jet Plane is about as close as we get to a business travel anthem. With that, we mark the passing of singer Mary Travers (who certainly did her share of “business trips” while on tour) with sadness, gratitude,...

I was in San Francisco on business earlier this week. It is truly one of my favorite destinations and I’m always happy whether in the city for business or pleasure. I was facilitating the BeDo Intra 09 conference held at the Fort Mason Center so I found myself staying in the Fisherman’s...

It is inevitable for those of us who travel on business to wind up eating the odd dinner alone. Some opt for room service and the remote though that, to me, smacks of a serious lack of imagination. No sense sitting alone in your room, come to the cabaret… Well, perhaps not the cabaret but at least...

There’s no time to be in Washington, DC like August — hot, humid, and, well, hot and humid. But business calls when it does and so I was off to the nation’s capital earlier this week. I was sorry to see that several restaurants where I’d enjoyed fine meals — Butterfield...