Productivity at Thrillist Travel was disastrously derailed recently when an editor dropped a brown bear live cam into a group Slack, sending us all into a tailspin of staring at a globe-spanning array of adorable animals before we clicked over to find ourselves in... space.

Bring mac and cheese, fried catfish and sweet potato pie straight into your home.

We may all be temporarily grounded, but thanks to the miracles of the internet, we can tour this big beautiful world from pretty much anywhere -- with the added bonus of not having to deal with lines and fellow tourists.

Order from the comfort of your couch.

There are still so many options.

Avoid the lines and shop local.

Now every day can be beach day.

Keeping myself entertained and distracted from eating all of the snacks in my kitchen during these stressful times brought me back to my days of being a teenager, where i would sit for hours in my room playing scenario after scenario on The Sims 2, wondering if the chili con carne the Sim version of myself was eating was actually tasty.

You’ve probably spent a fair amount of time at your favorite brewery, buying ale after ale, draft after draft.

Amusement parks are great during the summer, but there are definitely some drawbacks, among them huge lines and the unbearable heat blasting down from above and radiating up from the asphalt.

Athens may be the definition of a college town, but it's absolutely worth a visit for anyone -- student or not.