Back when we posted about the return of the Miss Brooklyn pageant we never could have predicted the affair would be one wrought with so much scandal. This year’s winner, 22-year-old Leigh-Taylor Smith, crowned Miss Brooklyn after an “off-key rendition of ‘Nobody Does It Like Me,’” is in fact . . . wait for […]

Downtown Los Angeles has been undergoing its much-vaunted Renaissance for what seems like forever. For at least three decades, the area - bounded on the north and south by the 101 and the 10 and on the west and east by the 110 and the river - has been ever so close to the ultimate […]

I remember traveling in Budapest and it taking nearly a week to realize that, if you’re using your hand to ask for one of something in Hungary, you should use your thumb. If you put up your pointer finger to represent how many of something you want, you’ll get two in return, your middle finger, […]

Just last month, Gridskipper’s brother blog Gizmodo posted on the hard-to-believe ‘Cheeseburger in a Can.’ Above you’ll see a German taste test of the novelty dish, but we recently came across someone stateside who was actually brave enough to try it.
Although the Trekking Mahleziten Cheeseburger in a Can is currently only available in Germany, […]

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Back when I was gainfully employed by an art gallery on Berlin’s Brunnenstrasse, I spent a considerable amount of time cleaning up the courtyard. This was pre-gentrification, during Brunnenstrasse’s infancy as a gallery row, so “cleaning up the courtyard” meant coaxing bleeding junkies off the cellar stairs and back onto the street, sweeping up broken […]

As the incoming editor, I’m so happy to be part of this site. Back when I was working on paperbound guides, I got to cover lots of interesting places and work with good people. But until Gridskipper arrived, the world of sexy stewardesses, extra-disgusting food, and a multitude of other important topics was relatively […]

The AP reports that LAX, “the airport with the most near accidents and runway safety violations in the nation,” will soon be outfitted with additional lights to increase safety. The “runway status lights” will make it easier for pilots on the airport’s four runways to see if it’s safe to “cross them or take off.” […]

Die-hard Nats fans are experiencing sleepless nights as the team’s March 30 opening day draws near. After only a few short years at DC’s Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, this time the Nationals will play their home opener at a brand-new ballpark next to the Navy Yard.
In the midst of the tumult, one question takes […]

Everyone wants to get “off the beaten path” when they come to Paris, or indeed to any city, but “off the beaten path,” as a concept, is awfully vague. If the Parisian beaten path leads to the Eiffel Tower and the Mona Lisa, that leaves many, many other paths unbeaten. Short of wandering haphazardly around […]

For some time the euro’s strength over the US dollar has become increasingly visible in varying walks of life. In NYC retailers are accepting euros in order to appease all the European tourists in town to shop (granted, the practice dates back to 2001 for a certain East Village wine shop), while the Taj […]