When I read Mediterranean Kitchens succinct motto, I knew I’d hit pay-dirt. As an experienced food, wine and travel writer, this has always been my fave way to travel but it takes an enormous amount of time, energy and trade contacts. Therefore, I am thrilled to give my “Good Housekeeping Gourmet Seal of Approval” to…
Who doesn’t want to hang around all day in soft flannel pajamas? Aspen, Colorado-based Bridgi’s PJs are plush and comfortable with just enough glam (rhinestone buttons) and sass (bare-chested cowboy print fabric) to push a childhood staple right into opulent adulthood. These PJs were made for being seen, for being worn in bright day light…
Next June 7-18, you can join a Classical Music cruise from London to Stockholm aboard the 940-guest Crystal Symphony. Imagine combining an incredible voyage to Northern Europe, while the sounds of Beethoven, Bach and Mozart serenade you. Broaden your knowledge of classical music with intriguing lectures, or simply be mesmerized by the nightly performances, featuring…
Check out this article from Friday’s SF Chronicle. Here, you’ll be able to browse a long list of suggested wine gifts ranging from a 2006 Costa de Oro Winery Estate Gold Coast Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir for $32 to an 1897 Schloss Vollrads TBA Trockenbeerenauslese for $15,000.
No surprise that the Cunard Line’s tradition of British heritage and attention to historical detail has resulted in a cruise industry first. Its newest ocean liner, Queen Victoria, will offer the sport of fencing when she enters service in December. Long a pastime of Prince Albert, husband and consort of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, fencing…
I love chocolate. I love movies. I especially love eating chocolate at the movies. The Library of Mini Exotic Candy Bars from Vosges Haut Chocolat is a special treat to eat in a movie theatre because the darkened environment enhances the flavors. Vosges, an artisan chocolatier, has a motto: see…smell…snap…taste…feel. Each of these minimally packaged…
Forget the long lines and dinged up, forced-to-fit equipment at traditional ski rental shops. Black Tie Ski Rental Delivery brings the good stuff right to you. Created five years ago, the valet ski and snowboard delivery service now has 10 locations serving 21 resort areas in the western US and Canada. The personalized service, top-of-the-line…
This just came across my desk and I thought it would make a perfect present for that special foodie in your life. Catch a Piece of Maine is a brand new venture- not only extremely tasty but most worthwhile. “For your membership where you can own a lobstertrap fished by a real maine lobsterman and…
I’ve driven by Alegrias on Lombard Street in the Marina District for years on my way from Marin County to other San Francisco restaurants that were downtown, in Chinatown, North Beach and beyond. So I’m thrilled that I finally had a chance to sample their traditional Spanish cuisine featuring tapas, paella, Spanish wines and sherries….
There is a time and place for everything. I recently returned from a week’s stay at a challenging “boot-campâ€? where I hiked, swam, and worked out non-stop, surviving on only 1200 calories a day (no coffee or wine) and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. But it’s certainly not for whusses, gourmands, or…
Hotel Cheval (Cheval is French for horse) in Paso Robles, California is offering a Ho Ho Ho Holiday Weekend Package. The two-night package is $875 per couple and is available Fridays-Saturdays now through December 31, 2007.