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In the Sky, a Mile-High

In the Sky, a Mile-High

Strangers on the flight. Frank Sinatra couldn't have sung it better. While many people may like to chat up the person next to them, our Hipster Corespondent Gayle would rather just sit and pretend her iPod is playing something and listen in. And until she's caught, she'll keep doing it.

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Travel Where the Hills Have Thighs

Travel Where the Hills Have Thighs

Scary movies don't need missing limbs, but this flick may include a few missing teeth. Well, more than a few -- and even if this movie is considered B List, it earns in an A in our book.

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Portable Urinary Device Gives Women a New Freedom, Happiness

Portable Urinary Device Gives Women a New Freedom, Happiness

Women don't have to take life -- or peeing -- sitting down anymore. The GoGirl female urinary device has arrived and our tester ran it through the ringer. Of course, she still may only make 73 percent as our male staff, but now she can write her disapproval in the snow.

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Savannah’s hotel hotspots

Savannah’s hotel hotspots

There are lots of places to stay in Savannah, but only a few that provide the four-star luxury and Southern charm as the Bohemian Hotel Savannah Riverfront and the Mansion on Forsyth Park. If you're not on the river, then you're just not in Savannah.

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Savannah: The Hostess with the Mostess

Savannah: The Hostess with the Mostess

Few Southern cities offer the true small town charm and southern hospitality as well as Savannah -- a gem on the coast and the best city in Georgia -- sorry ATL, you may be bigger, but you're not better.

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Fly the Naked Skies

Fly the Naked Skies

One naked flight stirs up memories of one of our own corespondent's nightmare in the skies. At least she didn't get punched in the gob by a crazed naked passenger -- see, things could have been worse. Since misery loves company, tell us your worst flight.

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Want to See Your Travel Item Reviewed?

If you’d like to see your travel item reviewed for possible inclusion in an upcoming feature article, please send item(s) to: Gayle McCarthy Hipster Travel Guide Correspondent 28 Halsey Circle Bluffton, SC 29910 Let’s keep it clean and irreverent, people. Only items pertaining to travel will be considered.

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Panties

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Panties

The one thing you shouldn't have to bring home from you luxurious travels abroad is a suitcase full of smelly briefs. Now you don't have to, thanks to disposable undergarments. It's a great idea, but would you want to to try out disposable unmentionables?

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Don’t be a douche at the beach

We will all be tourists at some point. But a traveling hipster knows enough to not act like one outside of their own confines. It's better to not leave a first impression that you're a douche bag in black socks and sandals. Here's what one of our very own thinks of some unwelcome tourists.

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