Being a member of the British Royal Family is, shockingly, not without its perks. You can play with the Queen's Welsh Corgis all day. You probably get access to some really, really delicious tea. You can get attention just for wearing a ridiculously silly hat. And, in the event that your grandmother is celebrating her 60th year on the throne and you get sent to the Caribbean on a diplomatic mission, you might get to race the fastest man in the world. MORE>>

What, exactly, is a Diamond Jubilee? Since we're not a country with any sort of royal family (sorry, Kris Jenner), you could be forgiven for thinking that it's some kind of ice cream based dessert explosion from Applebee's, but you're thinking of the Triple Chocolate Meltdown®. The Diamond Jubilee is a year-long celebration of a monarch's– in this case Queen Elizabeth II's– reign on the throne of England, and part of that celebration apparently involves sending your Royal progeny off to your various former colonies. So where did World's Most Powerful Ginger Prince Harry have to go? Sudan? Burma? Nope, how 'bout Jamaica, to race Usain Bolt? Well, why the heck not? More»

[All pictures by Nick McGlynn from Thrillist] We sent GofG Correspondent Carson Griffith on the Thrillist Mystery Jet, armed only with her passport and a sense of adventure. She had no idea where she was going, or who with. This is her story....

"Let's get weird!" Ben Lerer yelled over the micro-phone for his first speech to us. The CEO of the company that now employees over forty people looked like he was determined for all of us to have a good weekend from the moment we got there (game face, anyone?), as did his employees. What can be said? More»