#1 – Pimp Your Car’s Volume Okay, okay this is a bit tricky but we would have to say your wheels. Integrating iPod friendliness is the hottest new trend at car shows. We know they are a bit biased, but “Apple estimates that 40 percent of cars sold in the U.S. this year will offer…
[NOTE: This is Part Two of the Navarra, Spain Article featuring Restaurant Tubal posted on February 22, 2007.] Oozing boyish charm and patience, Chef Nicolás Jimenez sweetly smiled as he shook my hand and told me (after I had gone on for a good 10 minutes about how happy I was to meet him and…
Coming to you straight from the Twenty-First Annual Masters of Food & Wine Event being held at the historic Highlands Inn, Park Hyatt in Carmel, which has been voted one of the top hotels in North America by both Condé Nast Traveler and Travel & Leisure. Ok, so I do get to stay in a…
It combines cutting-edge architecture with design. World-class shopping with haute couture. Enticing bistros with exciting casinos. A sophisticated gallery scene with year-round sports and recreation. Breathtaking performing arts with cultural events. An enviable climate for living and sports with a business environment. All this and more describes the new CityCenter Las Vegas, a new urban…
Everybody’s favorite Austrian celebrity chef, Wolfgang Puck, has been the official caterer for the Academy Awards® for more than a decade. He says, “Year after year, I am the only person who gives an Oscar® to everyone who wants one.” Herr Puck serves chocolate statuettes to the 1,600 attendees of the Governors Ball following the…
I hear Peter Brook, a sociologist at San Jose State University on National Public Radio today. He was saying that eating meat is the equivalent of driving an SUV because cow farms create 16% of the world’s methane, a greeenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. So becoming a vegetarian or even a vegan will…
I love to be pampered at a posh resort. Who doesn’t? Well, if you want to be spoiled rotten, fly your private jet to France and book a few days at the Chateau Les Crayeres for total luxury. According to iheartluxe.com, “you’ll feel like a countess in your decadent suite, relaxing in the elegant bar,…
This just in… Meliá Cabo San Lucas was just relaunched as ME Cabo to appeal to those with a decisive taste for cutting-edge art and design, international cuisine and world music. Following on the heals of the opening of ME Madrid in October 2006 and ME Cancun last month, this is the third property under…
All I knew about Navarra, Spain was that it is where Pamplona’s Fiestas de San Fermin, the annual “Running of the Bulls” is held. Then I heard that the American Institute of Wine & Food was flying in Nicolás Jimenez, from Tubal Restaurant to prepare two special wine pairing dinners, (one in NYC and one…
Winter is still with us and it’s not too late to escape for a much-needed wellness getaway. Hotel Hana-Maui, located at the end of the famed Hana Highway on Maui, is offering an inviting Wellness Escape package. The package includes three nights’ luxury accommodations; daily breakfast for two in the dining room; four 60-minute standard…
Now, besides flying in style on Etihad Airways, you can also receive free chauffeur service to and from JFK Airport within a 70-mile radius throughout the tri-state New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area via Empire International. Plus, starting March 25, Etihad Airways will institute new flight times for its Abu Dhabi-New York route. Flight…
If you’re American, between the ages of 21 and 30, and love to drink wine, you’re more likely to buy an imported wine, accoridng to recent data from the Wine Market Council. In fact, the 70 million people that comprise the “millennial generation” is more loyal to imports, while older wine enthusiasts are more likely…