Guides – Flung

A Prodigal Daughter’s Guide to Lexington, KY

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:51:01 +0000

When I was growing up there in the eighties and nineties, Lexington, Kentucky couldn’t have been called a destination. When people did come there, it was for the horse country, the races at Keeneland perhaps, or maybe a basketball game at Rupp Arena. They certainly didn’t come for the food–or the drink, for that matter, despite Lexington’s surrounding countryside holding nearly all of the world’s bourbon distilleries. Before the aughts, in fact, the bourbon industry struggled with the prospect that […]

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Choice New Orleans: A Guide To Bright Nights and Blue Notes

Flung — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:59:55 +0000

At a time when the downtowns of cities across the United States, one after the other, are coming back to life in the image of Brooklyn, New Orleans has accomplished what would seem impossible—forging ahead with its own identity, its own aesthetic, its own cuisine, its own music. Turn one corner and run straight into a brass band, turn another and take in a streetscape of cascading flowers and wrought-iron balconies. Walk inside a restaurant for increasingly contemporary takes on […]

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Choice Singapore: A Guide to the Offhand and Unexpected

Flung — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:00:41 +0000

Singapore’s global reputation generally lies on three pillars—an all-in embrace of the free market, government-imposed orderliness, and a sweltering climate. This reputation informed my expectations as I prepared to spend a few weeks there this past fall. I certainly wasn’t anticipating the swirl of Malay and Peranakan (aka Chinese) traditions, the pockets of history around one corner and space-age newness around the next. I happily discovered an emergent creative and arts scene alongside the capitalism–elements that are reflected in this […]

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Aside Macau’s Casinos, a Thriving 16th Century City

Katrina Woznicki — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:28:07 +0000

Ask a resident of Macau where to buy the freshest egg tart or enjoy a phoenix egg roll, and you’ll likely get an answer you can’t plug into Google Maps. The response may begin with something along the lines of: “Turn left at the McDonald’s, walk a few blocks, make a right, maybe another block or two, look for that church, St. Dominic’s, there’s a street off that,” which might leave any visitor at a loss. That’s because the Macanese […]

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A Guide to the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:05:51 +0000

For most of my nearly 17 years living in Brooklyn, the old Navy Yard here remained a mystery—that 300-acre hulk of fenced-off land that made a straight shot between Fort Greene, where I lived, and Williamsburg, where I spent my twenties hanging out, impossible. Opened in 1806, the Brooklyn Navy Yard became one of the most important naval shipyards in the country, especially during World War II, but after the government decommissioned it in 1966, it was left largely abandoned, […]

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In Melbourne, Colombian Culture Makes Its Mark

Allison Yates — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:02:00 +0000

The city of Melbourne, Australia has long been considered synonymous with multiculturalism. It boasts the largest Greek community outside of Greece, and its Italian community can claim credit for the elaborate espresso boom here. You can eat authentic Ethiopian food in Kensington and shop at Vietnamese markets in Footscray. Increasingly, you can also get a serious dose of Colombian culture in Melbourne. There may be 9,000 miles between the South American country and Melbourne, but they seem to be inching […]

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How To Find the Real Colombo

Jennifer Hudson — Thu, 04 May 2017 12:55:24 +0000

Colombo, the ancient port-turned-soaring metropolis on Sri Lanka’s east coast, is not an easy place to get to know. Now that Sri Lanka’s 25-year civil war is over, vast sums of money are being pumped into the country’s commercial capital, constantly remaking the landscape in a new image–one result of which is that Colombo tourism is on the rise. On the ground, it seems that every existing building is being renovated, while every spare patch of land is being transformed into […]

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LA Guide: Flung x Almanac of Style

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:33:58 +0000

After years of wrongly dismissing Los Angeles as a temple of narcissism with a tragic lack of public transportation, I’ve recently been romanced by the place in a big way. Newer highlights like the Broad Museum, the Arts District, and even a subway system have given the city some deeper, sharper edges, remaking it as a mecca not only of the entertainment industry, but for the arts, design, fashion, and increasingly, literature. [vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Los Angeles: Readings and Recommendations After years […]

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The 5 Top Spots in Croatia’s Adriatic Sea

Sarah Stodola — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:50:42 +0000

I had the good fortune recently to spend a week floating among the islands of Croatia as a guest of Fresh Eire Adventures, an Irish outfit that runs bespoke bike tours throughout the world. The company’s owner, Padraic Doorey, led this “Bike and Sail” trip and brought his trove of knowledge about food and wine with him. (You can check out Flung’s Instagram for more images from the trip itself, including the exquisite Tajna Mora sailboat that served as home […]

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On the Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:52:55 +0000

Twenty years ago, the Bourbon Trail didn’t exist. Before 1999, when the Kentucky Distillers’ Association created the concept, tourism to the state’s bourbon distilleries wasn’t much of a thing, and it took a few years to catch on. To wit: In 2003 my mother and I headed to the Buffalo Trace distillery, maker of its eponymous bourbon as well as the impossible-to-procure Pappy van Winkle, on the outskirts of Frankfort. We arrived shortly before the visitor center closed. One man […]

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