Samantha Brown's Great Weekends

Sam's been to Las Vegas before, but on this trip she's decided to throw caution to the wind. She unleashes her inner sexy with the Pussycat Dolls, tends bar at the Double Down and lives life at 165 miles per hour in the fast lane.

Sam's visited Austin, TX, before, but this time she's going on a musical vacation and is determined to get the song of the city under her skin. Along the way, she discovers the city truly dances to the beat of its own drum.

Sam loves good food and wine and San Francisco is the perfect place to get it. She revisits some of her favorite foodie haunts and explores some of the city's most exciting new foodie phenomena.

Sam rounds up two friends for a girls' weekend in Miami, FL. She arranges for visits to the Delano Hotel, a trip to her favorite South Beach salon, dinner at Haitian restaurant Tap Tap and shopping at C Madeleine's.

Sam explores Orlando's neighborhoods, meeting locals and discovering things to do, including the great shopping district of Winter Park, the downtown art scene and a fantastic soul food eatery called Johnson's.

Sam pays her first post-Katrina visit to New Orleans for a weekend of fun. She attends a live jazz concert, goes dancing at a bowling alley, gets up close and personal with a gator and helps out with a non-profit project.

Sam spends a weekend off the beaten path in Los Cabos, Mexico, where she rents a villa just outside an artistic town packed with personality. Her adventurous spirit leads her to discovering the beauty of the land.

Sam avoids the tourist traps and explores the locals' London. She visits a traditional pub, visits two of the city's greatest markets and even shares how to get one of the best views in the city -- for free!

Sam heads back to the seacoast of New Hampshire, where she grew up. She visits some of her favorite childhood haunts and the places she dreamed of exploring but never had a chance to when she lived there.

Sam spends an anything-but-average 48 hours in the nation's capital. She explores the colorful, fun side of DC, including eating Ethiopian food, checking out a bohemian poetry event on U Street and shopping in Eastern Market.

Sam spends time in Cody, Wyoming, the rodeo capital of the world. She stays at a nearby working dude ranch and becomes immersed in all things cowboy, including taking on the ranche's daily chores and participating in a rodeo.

Sam heads to sunny Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. It's famous for golf, but Sam's not big on golfing -- so what else is there to do? She hits the beach, bike trails and amusement parks, and goes crabbing with the Crab Cake Lady.

Sam joins other vacationers and locals as they soak up the outdoors, clam hunt and party on Cape Cod.

Sam checks out NYC's coolest borough, Brooklyn! From DUMBO's art scene to Coney Island's sideshows, this is the place where where Sam calls home.

From a surfing rabbi and fire dancers to a magical castle and a movie screening in a Hollywood cemetery, Sam Brown experiences an unpredictable and exciting weekend in wild and colorful Los Angeles.

Sam's in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to work out her body and her mind. She does some mountain biking and ballooning and even takes a journey into the world of alternative therapies.

Sam heads to Florence, Italy, her favorite city in Tuscany. In just 48 hours, Sam checks out the dreamy spires of the city, masters a Vespa scooter and learns to cook some Tuscan cuisine.

Sam spends a weekend in the most romantic city on Earth. She checks out a bookstore on the banks of the River Seine, revisits her favorite bistro and sightsees on a bicycle to prove that Paris can be romantic even solo.