OK, it’s not the snappiest name in the tour industry. But once you dig into Academic Arrangements Abroad’s website, you’ll cast aside those first impressions. From tracing the history of the influential Bauhaus movement in Germany to discovering lesser-known Egyptian sites, these are customized tours that give you so much more than the usual drive-by….
I stayed at the Opus Hotel in Montreal last September. At the time, it was undergoing a dramatic transformation. The goth-like rooms in the former Hotel Godin were being Opus-ized in bright, snappy colors. And even better, a resto was in the works. On May 9, Koko Restaurant & Bar is scheduled to open, blending…
Now that Charles Chocolates has had time to catch their breath after hip-hopping all over delivering their chocolate Easter baskets, they have turned their incredible, edible talents towards Passover. Chuck Siegal, the extraordinary chocolatier, feels that if you have to eat matzah, let it be chocolate covered, and let it be made with the finest…
As a third-generation San Franciscan, I’ve been spoiled by having access to great restaurants of every possible cuisine. Of course, there are thousands of potential restaurants to choose from across the San Francisco Bay Area. But the Top 100 as chosen by SF Chronicle Food Critic Michael Bauer was just published. I’ve dined in over…
Perbacco Three-time James Beard award recipient, author and Chef Joyce Goldstein, along with Perbacco chef Staffan Terje, will prepare a night of ~PASSOVER-INSPIRED DISHES~ from her book, Cucina Ebraica: Flavors of the Italian Jewish Kitchen. Saturday Night, April 26th, 2008, Menu: Haroset Antipasti (served family style, choose three for the table) Fegato di Anatra alle…
King Pacific Lodge, a floating wilderness resort anchored off British Columbia’s Princess Royal Island, has designed a customized wellness program for guests. The luxury wilderness lodge, located in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest in Gitga’at territory along the central coast of British Columbia, is situated in the midst of the 21-million acre Great…
This year’s New Orleans Jazz Festival promises to be Bigger n’ Badder than ever! Not only will the big names above appear for the very first time, but they’ll be joined by all-time Fest favorites The Neville Brothers, Jimmy Buffett, Santana, Widespread Panic, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, and Diana Krall, among so many others. The…
I just read what Dan Barber, Executive Chef, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, is planning and it sounds like great fun: The Five Senses Dinner Series Chef Barber is offering an exciting series of dinners, down at the farm, to benefit Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, featuring renowned artists, thinkers, movers and shakers….
With ATA and Aloha Air going belly up within the last week, here’s some good news about a solvent airline… JetBlue joins a growing list of travel-related sites and popular airlines that now accept PayPal. Others are Southwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines, US Airways, Midwest Airlines and Hotwire.com. PayPal is particularly compelling in the online travel…
Day Three We were a little sad to leave the peacefulness of Lake county, but we cheered up immediately when we entered our last inn, 1801 First, (conveniently located walking distance to just about everything in the town of Napa,) and were graciously greeted with a flute of champagne and an amuse bouche. This lovely…
Belize is on my list of places to experience, and now I have a real reason to go — a place to get well. The Lodge at Chaa Creek, an eco-resort in the western highlands of Belize, is offering a multi-day Rainforest Wellness Retreat package. It incorporates eco-adventure, jungle spa treatments, guided-naturalist experiences, Maya rituals,…
Tempting as that all sounded, when Lynn invited us to join her to visit her friend’s winery, Ceago Del Lago, we jumped at the chance. Her friend was Jim Fetzer, one of the 11 children of the prominent winemaking family. We had already heard rave reviews about this Shangrila-esque holistic farm and biodynamic winery, so…