I love watching the Pacific Ocean storm waves roll towards the coast. It’s something I grew up with 12 blocks from San Francisco’s Ocean Beach — and just the thought of it brings back fond memories. My wife just told me about the Wickaninnish Inn on a rocky peninsula on Chesterman Beach on Vancouver Island’s…
Conde Naste’s Travel & Leisure just named Maxjet #2 on its World’s Best List for International Airlines. And Maxjet just turned two years old. So it’s celebrating with fares as low as $599 each way for Business Class from SFO and LAX to London Stansted — for the price of premium economy. For other major…
Air Canada’s enRoute magazine is one of my favorite in-flight reads. It’s smart, witty and bi-lingual to boot. And now its come up with its 10 Best New Tables of 2007. Travel and food writer Chris Johns of Toronto, who ate his way across Canada, teamed up with a panel of top foodies to come…
My sister blew in from New York for a week-end together in Las Vegas, en-route to our week’s stay at the new Fitness Ridge Resort and Spa,aka: the Compassionate Boot-Camp, in Utah. (Watch for upcoming story.) We checked into our digs for the night, a place I stumbled across on the internet, The Platinum Hotel…
Heading to Denver next year for the Democratic National Convention? Flying into town on your way to the mountains? Whatever brings you to the Mile High City, be sure to check out the 2008 Gabby Gourmet Restaurant Guide before going out to eat. The 2008 version of the definitive guide to dining in greater Denver…
From The LA Times: Grand Central Station isn’t exactly known as a temple of tranquility and relaxation. But from Wed., October 31 through Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, the Spa Experience will be coming to the landmark train station in New York City. For these four days, busy commuters and visitors to the city will be…
This just in from our friend Tim Laughlin… Readers of Condé Nast Traveler Magazine voted Regent Seven Seas Cruises “#1 Small-Ship Cruise Lineâ€? in the publication’s landmark 20th annual Readers’ Choice Awards poll. Nearly 30,000 readers participated, ranking the world’s best cruise lines based on activities/facilities, cabins, crew/service, design/layout, food/dining and itineraries. The 2007 first-place…
I just had a walk-through at the Holiday Inn on Fishermans’ Wharf, courtesy of my colleague Anita Hubbard. All I kept saying was, “For a Holiday Inn, this is very impressive.” It should be. The 585-room hotel at the foot of Columbus Street, a block from the Wharf, two blocks from Pier 39, Ghirardelli Square,…
Meadowood Napa Valley’s The Restaurant is one of Esquire magazine’s 2007 Best New Restaurants. The 23rd annual awards selected by Esquire’s Food & Travel Editor John Mariani are featured in the November edition of the magazine, on newsstands now.
The beauty of Beaver Creek Resort’s newest development, the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, isn’t in its architecture, services or amenities, but in its location. The luxury hotel, to open next year, is being built next to the ski resort’s new Riverfront Express Gondola that will connect hotel guests and those in the town of…
Most people think Springtime in Paris — but why not Thanksgiving in Paris? Context, the network of scholars who lead walking tours in several European cities, is hosting a special Thanksgiving dinner at historic restaurant Le Pharamond on Thanksgiving Day, November 22. It will be hosted and presided over by docent and dining historian Carolin…
If you don’t yet have a date for New Year’s Eve, you’re cordially invited to spend it in the Land of A Thousand Flavors. This Peruvian travel company is offering a Lima, Cuzco, Amazon Jungle Eco Lodge, Sacred Valley of the Incas and Machu Picchu gastronomic trip for 14 days for only 16 passengers. The…