If you have a milestone birthday in 2050 you may want to considered a special stay at the Lunatic Hotel. You can’t really book your flights just yet as it plans to break ground on the moon. Designers Hans-Jurgen Rombaut and Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) have the Blueprints ready. Guests can plan to “indulge in low-gravity games with the help of two 160-meters high slanting towers.â€?
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THE SET-UP: It’s hard to imagine a world before refrigerators or a time when explorers traveled with bone china in order to prepare four-course meals in remote destinations. In celebration of these expeditions, Redwood Creek Wines and The Explorers Club is launching The Culinary Revivals Tour, a national series of adventurous food and wine events…
When people find out I ‘m a Travel Writer they immediately ask: “Where should we go for a fabulous vacation?” I usually respond with some feeble comment like,”Hmmm… So many places, depends what you’re looking for,” and make a beeline for the bar. C’mon now. That’s a loaded question. There are lots of variables to…
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San Francisco has dozens of Japanese restaurants offering fresh sashimi. But Sozai, owned and operated by my friend Mari Takahashi, is decidedly different. “Sozai” means “Ingredients” in Japanese. In her Sozai offerings, Mari combines centuries of Japanese culinary knowledge with tasty natural ingredients to create her own, original California cuisine that enables her customers to…
I’ve proud to say I’ve visited St. Lucia in the southern Caribbean. It was once my home port for a week-long sailing trip aboard a 200-foot tall ship. “It is hard to imagine anywhere more lush than the southwest coast of St. Lucia,” said Jennifer Quale of Connoisseur Magazine. “In this wild green land, there…
Centuries old elegance and charm still resides at the elegant colonial mansion, the Inn at Perry Cabin which is built on the eastern shore of Maryland, to accommodate guests in a generation-old atmosphere. The manor house is located on a waterfront location to offer an explicit rural lifestyle to its guests in a destination very…