A Weekend in Memphis

Graceland, barbecue, Beale Street, and the blues… That covers Memphis, right? I was looking for a quick weekend trip to somewhere I hadn’t been before, and Memphis won out as the best option. (And it may have helped that it’s right on the border of both Arkansas and Mississippi, two of the five states I […]

What to eat in New Orleans (much more than Beignets!)

Here at Magical Mystery Tours, we recently got to plan a mystery trip where the main criteria was that travellers wanted a long-weekend in the US where was sure to be lots of good food. When we asked on Facebook and Twitter what the best foodie cities were, you all suggested Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, […]

Weekend in San Francisco, Part 2 – Guest Blog

Our guest blogger Melinda is back with part two of her blog about our trip to San Francisco.  Enjoy! With a goal to eat our way through San Francisco, we had to rally after our dim sum food hangover and decided an afternoon of shopping was just the cure we needed.  After a quick walk […]

Weekend in Iceland – Part 1

When people first heard that I planned a trip to Iceland, responses fell into two categories.  There was a lot of “Iceland?  Why?”  (Answer: they just started doing direct flights out of Dulles, are having a great sale, and why wouldn’t we want to check out an isolated, island country in the middle of the […]

Weekend in San Francisco – Guest Blog

First of all, we’d like to thank our friend Melinda for having us as visitors in her new home in San Francisco!  Secondly, we’d like to thank her for writing the guest blog below and also invite you to check our her blog, Palindrome at Home. I warned them not to call it Frisco Bay.  […]

Eating in London

  Here at Magical Mystery Tours we’re very excited to be helping Nikki, Bobbin, and Jennine plan their first trip abroad!  They’re going to London!  They mentioned that they were eager to try some good food in London. While the MMT team has spent some time in London, we thought that this was a question […]