It’s that time again–the leaves have as many colors as Joseph’s coat, daylight saving time has us madly scrounging around our drawers for the instructions on how to set back our clocks, the stores are filled with pricey winter boots and: #1. Don’t forget to buy your tickets to sip the First French Wine of…
If I read one more doom & gloom piece about the troubled times ahead, I’m going to throw-up. Geeze, we get it already. Restaurants, Hotels, and Airlines are all cutting back their prices AND service and a “Stay-cation”-which calls for sticking around home, is the new black for travel. At first glance, when I read…
The ground starts coming alive. It begins shaking. An ominous cloud of dust comes closer and closer, followed by a menacing grumble of thunder that keeps building until the noise becomes almost deafening. My heart is pounding. I can barely catch my breath. My palms break out in sweat when I catch my first glimpse…
You’ve slept at airports waiting for a delayed flight. I’ve slept in airports waiting for a delayed flight. Sucks, right? Now, the new Sofitel London Heathrow Airport, across from Terminal 5, is offering an alternative to those horrid terminal lounges with its “Antarctica” themed lobby featuring a mirrored ceiling, floodlit ice blocks, and a cascading…
Two-for-one deals always get my attention. This one’s an unusual combination that mixes two interests of mine: Via Yoga’s Spanish Immersion and Yoga Retreat in March. Seattle-based Via Yoga (www.viayoga.com) is offering a six-day retreat to learn Spanish and practice Yoga in the central-west Mexican beach town of Sayulita, just north of Puerto Vallarta. Each…
My friend Chef Tom Herndon is at it again. He’s promoting his next new mindful culinary adventure by taking 16 foodies to New York City for an entire week next May. And you’re invited!
Grab your platinum card, your BFF and make reservations for the Ultimate Luxury Package. Not only will you be treated to a private tour (led by the curator) of the world’s best baubles, bangle and eggs, at The Cleveland Museum of Art new exhibit, “Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique,” but you’ll also be wined and…
This just came across my desk and it was too good to change a word-so here’s the casting call in all its entirety… Air New Zealand to hold L.A. casting call for Cranial Billboards to advertise life-changing JOURNEYS DOWN UNDER WHO: Air New Zealand invites Southern California residents to be considered for a 10-day gig…
One of my fave Silicon Valley restaurants, Parcel 104, is getting ready to host its 6th annual cheese and wine dinner, featuring local artisan cheeses from around California. You better reserve fast if you want to join renowned Bay Area chefs Chris Schloss of Cin-Cin Wine Bar in Los Gatos, Mark Dommen from One Market…
From my friend Branden at Springwise Newsletter: A new Swiss company is taking a different approach to private jet travel by making the most of existing empty leg flights. Launched in May, Geneva-based LunaJets takes advantage of the fact that many private jets fly empty when they return home after dropping passengers off or when…
Let’s say you’re about to order wine in a restaurant or buy a bottle at a store. You faintly remember a review you’d read about this Pinot Noir vs. “that one” or the aromas of blackberry with hints of raisin and spices on a Sangiovese. But you don’t have time to run to your computer…
Tiny Empire, Colorado — population 335 — is known primarily as a speed trap. Hundreds of thousands of people each year warily pass through Empire on their way to or from the ski slopes and hiking trails of Winter Park or Rocky Mountain National Park. The speed limit on US Highway 40 in Empire drops…