When it comes to travel TV, few names are more well-known than Samantha Brown. Since the year 2000, she has hosted almost a dozen different travel series. Now she's back with her latest on PBS called "Samantha Brown's Places To Love." Brown says this time around she is taking a more personal look at travel.
Since 2000, Brown has traveled to over 260 cities in more than 60 countries. Her favorite place to visit? Southeast Asia. Brown says it's an entirely different world that contrasts so strongly--physically and culturally--from the U.S.
To make the most out of travel, Brown says, "don't go for the exclamation points. Look for the commas." The best experiences are in the side streets, not in the main squares.
Music mogul Wyclef Jean wants to be the first rapper to innovate a hip-hop guitar. Jean looks to Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine as music innovators, and hopes to mirror their technical success in the industry. Jean also tells Cheddar cannabis is the health-aide of the future.
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The owner of the sandwich chain Cheba Hut wants to be the go-to sandwich shop for stoner foodies, opening shops next to dispensaries where recreational marijuana is legal. "The green wave is good, it's real, and it's coming across the nation and we're going to ride that," says Scott Jennings says in an interview on Cheddar's Cannabiz show.
Marijuana-themed sandwich shop Cheba Hut is expanding its footprint across the nation as pot becomes legal in more states. The fast-casual restaurant's owner Scott Jennings explains how his company founded in 1998 is riding "the green wave."
With big-money backing from nearly every major Hollywood studio, NewTV should scare the established streaming services, says Julian Roman, correspondent for MovieWeb. "It's going to be prime-quality entertainment from Hollywood's biggest producers," meant to be distributed on mobile devices, Roman says.
A 12-month moratorium on most new for-hire licenses would let the city study how the expansion of ride-hailing services affects traffic, and how the Council can ensure drivers earn a living wage, says Speaker Corey Johnson. Uber and Lyft have pushed back against rules they say would limit their growth.
Pepsi's decision to replace its female CEO Indra Nooyi with a man signifies a greater problem in the corporate world, says
Susan Chira, senior correspondent for the New York Times.
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The founder of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream said a new investment from Strand Equity will allow the Brooklyn brand to open new ice cream shops beyond the 13 stores and 6 trucks it has in New York and Los Angeles. Ben Van Leeuwen says he aims to open 35 stores by April 2019. "Our goal is to go nationwide," he says.
"Use of marijuana is clearly not going to stop," said the Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr. "So, we need to legalize it." Until that happens, the D.A. said his office won't prosecute pot smokers in an effort to remedy the "significant racial disparity" in the laws' application.
