Icelanders are famous for knocking back Brennivín, a local version of schnapps so lethal it’s also known as “black death,” but beer was illegal on the island for 75 years, until March 1, 1989.

Travel headlines for the weekend of 1/21/07

If you’re in the US, local “blue” laws preventing the sale or consumption of alcohol on a Sunday, which New Year’s Eve is this year, could but a serious damper on your party plans.

In honor of the coming New Year, the jet-setting folks at Condé Nast Traveler have rounded up a list of how 12:00 am, January 1 will be met in nine different places around the globe.

The drunkards of the Web are toasting the Thirsty Traveler. Recently, his alcoholic adventures have gotten attention from a bunch of sites and blogs.