Ground was broken on October 8 in Puerto Rico as Regent Hotels & Resorts announced its newest luxury development, The Regent Palmas del Mar Puerto Rico. Scheduled to open December 2011, The Regent Puerto Rico will be the focal point for one of the premier integrated luxury resort communities in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Wine lovers will soon be cracking open bottles of the 2008 Beaujolais. But in Texas, they’ll be doing one better. Dallas will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the country’s biggest Beaujolais Wine Festival at the World Trade Center on Friday, Nov. 21. With the theme of France Meets Texas : Celebrate the Harvest, the…
Ah, winter vacations and memories of … schlepping bulky, heavy snow sports equipment to and through airports, stuffing it into rental cars and now paying plenty to check it through the airlines. Leave the hassle to someone else this winter. Sports Express (www.sportsexpress.com) will deliver equipment domestically and overseas, and guarantee it arrives on time…
Whistler’s annual festival of food and wine, Cornucopia, is scheduled Nov. 6-10, 2008. It’s one of those events that I’ve yet to attend, but is high on my food and wine silver bucket list. The boutique hotel Adara, where I have stayed, has put together a fun package with neighboring Ric’s Grill for one night…
Combe House is a Grade 1 Elizabethan Manor House, it’s quaint welcoming and quintessentially English. With a wood panelled Great Hall, ancestral portraits, roaring log fires and Arabian horses roaming the lawns it’s a dream. If you’re looking for an ideal English village this is it according to HRH Prince Charles, if it’s a romantic…
Once you get over the nasty name, Acne Jeans, you’ll really appreciate their Dallas Long Gloves which will work-double duty for your winter travel. The smooth grained leather gloves will add a touch of class, and they’ll never guess that at the same time the knit arms are keeping you toasty warm. $99.00
This fact blows my mind: According to the market research firm NPD Group, 61 billion restaurant meals were served across the US in 2008; 225 million of them included sushi. That figure was an 11% increase from 2007. The problem is that many fish species, such as bluefin toro, hamachi, unagi, octopus and spider rolls…
After reading numerous rave reviews about Walla Walla’s exploding wine industry and it’s revitalized downtown area, it sounded like Napa had finally met it’s match. One article I read quoted the proud residents of Walla Walla as saying, “It’s a town so nice, they named it twice.” I recently spent a few days there and…
There’s a small food company in New York City called Spoon. What began as a catering company blossomed into a storefront and lunch spot called tbsp. Owner and culinary maverick Melissa Chmelar believes that fresh, local ingredients and quality recipes equal culinary success.
More fave eateries: 2. Blue Point Grille Located in the trendy warehouse district, the nautical Blue Point Grille, is a seafood lovers dream. Filled with rich dark-toned wood, sparkling chandeliers, and deep blue accents you’ll feel as if you’re dining at the captain’s table on some luxury cruise ship. The kitchen spends much of its…
If Wynonie Harris took the words right out of your mouth when she sang: Baby don’t take my whiskey ‘way from me. Baby don’t take my whiskey ‘way from me. You can help yourself to my last dollar, If you touch my jug, you’re gonna hear me holler! Don’t take my whiskey ‘way from me….
…and YES, I WOULD WANT TO LIVE THERE! Cleveland may not be on your top 10 list of where to go for your next Culinary Adventure– maybe not even on your top 50 list…but that would be a BIG “Pretty Woman” sized mistake on your part. (Don’t feel too bad, it wouldn’t have been on…