Last month I visited my sister, the New York City Culture Snob, for a week of Theatre. It was fun, but costly. Wanting to reciprocate, I called her with what I thought was a sure-thing invitation. Join me for a private tour of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Sis was less than impressed. Undaunted,…
Marriott calls its Custom House the crown jewel of its global Marriott Vacation Villa Resorts. This 1847 edifice has elite status as a national historic landmark. It has a reputation as the costliest federal building ever built. For decades, ships sailed right up to its eastern stairs, and its officials then counted the tariffs levied…
I Star* You Star* We All-Star* at: Bauer’s Green All-Star Jam * If you hurry you can still order tickets at this starring event! When: Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 5:00 PM – 1:30 AM Where: Ruby Skye, 420 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (Map) Contact: Valerie Britt allstarparty@TheAList.org 415 513-1099
I’ve dined at hundreds of seafood restaurants over my lifetime. A special one to remember is Oceana at the Marriott Longwharf Hotel overlooking the panorama of Boston’s Harbor. With vintage cruise posters and replicas of some of the greatest and most glorious ships afloat, the decor is plush and like being on a classic cruise…
McCrady’s is my Best NEW Southern Food Pick– and man, do I mean off the charts, mind-blowing great food from outer space meets El Bulli with a howdy-dee-do to LowCountry Cooking. No wonder this restaurant has received numerous awards for: Best new restaurant in 2006 , Best Chef, Best Downtown restaurant, Best Wine list, Best…
There are over 80 Italian restaurants in Boston’s North End, mostly along Hanover, Prince and Salem Streets. So many choices, so little time. We strolled up and down the main streets for a few nights before grabbing a corner table at Maurizio’s. This unassuming Sardinian eatery has about 22 seats upstairs and 30 more downstairs….
The Whitney Museum of American Art is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The Whitney’s Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era exhibition revisits the unprecedented explosion of contemporary art and popular culture brought about by the civil unrest and pervasive social change of the 1960s and early ’70s. The exhibition…
While Charleston Place Grill may combine the best of the Old & New South, for those who believe in separation of church and state….here are my picks for the BEST OLD and the BEST NEW food spots in Charles… Best Old Pick is Bowens Island Restaurant. Lowcountry folks have given up trying to keep this…
We’re in Boston to eat, eat, eat and walk, walk, walk. But the first night, we couldn’t help dining at the recently opened Wagamama in the Quincy Market, one block from our hotel, because we discovered this great noodle house in London a few years back. Wagamama Faneuil Hall is the first US location for…
The New & Old South play nicely together at the recently renovated Charleston Grill, Charleston Place Hotel’s fine dining restaurant. Mom, sis and I were a little early for our reservation so we decided to check out the welcoming bar, wanting to listen to the mellow jazz trio over a drink (our bartender suggested some…
The exchange rate between the U.S. Dollar and the British Pound is discouraging, to say the least. According to Google, £1 = $2.0038. This means you have to double the price in pounds to get the equivalent price in U.S. dollars. This makes the Guaranteed U.S. Dollar rates at The Ritz all the more amazing….
Several years ago, our family spent four nights on Australia’s Hamilton Island to “take a vacation from our vacation” from the rest of the continent. It was a welcome relief to do nothing but have fun and soak up the sun. Now that there’s a brand new spa opening up on the island, all the…