Queen Conch waterfront cafe on Harbour Island

If you’ve never tried conch salad, than you’ve never been to the Bahamas and especially the  tiny out island of Harbour Island, which is two miles east of Eleuthera.  There, conch shells, fried conch, conch soup, conch burgers, conch fritters and conch saladis as ubiquitous as the serene, turquoise water that surrounds the island. Fresh conch salad  effectively represents the breezy, easygoing Bahamian lifestyle and is an essential activity whenever you’re in the Bahamas. Read More »

Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart, is the author of the critically acclaimed book Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide To Living Cheaply In San Francisco. Stuart has been busy the past year writing another ‘living cheaply’ guide – for New York.

He lived in NYC and tramped the streets, put up with friends, hunted down cheap eats and bars with happy hour drinks and free food, and in general, experienced how it feels to be ‘young, broke and beautiful’ in the Big Apple. The book is due out in November. I asked him a few questions which might help you out if you’re stuck in a bad spot in NYC. Even if you have no such problems, follow his tips and your New York vacations will be memorable, to say the least. Read More »