Yesterday, I went shopping at the Westfield San Francisco Centre with my wife and daughter. The highlight of the day was a 54-year-old cream puff at Beard Papa, infused with chocolate cream. And it was delicious!! We got to this popular new center that opened three weeks ago about 1pm. It was absolutely packed with…
It’s always tempting to try one of the hot, hip hotels in New York City. But for a touch of Zen and some serenity, The Kitano New York is an excellent choice. Located at Park and 38th, The Kitano opened in 1973 as NYC’s first Japanese owned hotel. Today, it’s still the only Japanese hotel…
From November 9 to 12, you can be in golf and culinary heaven. How? Because you can spend your days playing golf on the celebrated greens of pristine Hilton Head Island and its world famous courses at Palmetto Dunes. And you can spend your nights hanging out at the Celebrity Chef Classic with noted foodies…
It was just a matter of time. Nearly 5,000 top-end bottles of wine and champagne were auctioned yesterday from the Paris City Hall collection that dates back many decades. Auctioneer Dominique Giafferi mentioned that it was “the perfect cellar” because the vintage wines were kept at 54 degrees F with 87% humidity… impeccable wine storage…
When you take an old-fashioned tea restaurant and infuse it with a younger generation, a hip DJ and a sommelier to help you select the proper blend, you get Tavalon Tea Bar. With a great New York City West Union Square ultra-modern lounge, its two young owners want their generation to become tea drinkers instead…
It’s a contest. It’s a fundraiser for PAWS. It’s guaranteed be a dog-gone good time for all when The Cannery at Del Monte Square hosts the first annual Kibbles ‘n Bits Dog and Owner Look-Alike Contest on Sunday, October 22, 2006, Noon to 4pm at Del Monte Square, 2801 Leavenworth Street, San Francisco, CA. Dogs…
I had heard about this new bottled margarita drink that was making its way through celebrity parties and such, so I decided to check it out. A new magazine, www.plugLA.com, that brings news of the hippest trends in and around Los Angeles recently had Giovanni Fernandez on the cover. Fernandez created his perfect Margarita cocktail…
If you’re headed to Vancouver, BC this fall and winter, the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver has bundled up the seasons with a trio of packages for family fun, shopping and mountain escapes. The Family Getaway package starts at CDN $285 for two rooms, and includes kids’ tee-shirts to take home, child-sized bathrobes to use during…
Whether you’re searching for pygmy villages in the Congo, for radioactivity in Chernobyl, or for even more obscure and/or exotic locations, you can find them in the new DVD series: Vice Guide to Travel by the publishers of Vice Magazine. They sent their correspondents plus some well-known personas like movie director Spike Jonze and actor/comedian…
Everyone loves visiting Boston’s South End. Now, there’s one more reason: Plum Produce is a new food store that offers the best of a traditional, old fashioned New England farm stand amid a sleek urban marketplace. Here, you can buy fresh vegetables, herbs, dried fruits, and house-made preserves. In fact, its owner, Barbara Lynch, calls…
Woody Allen once said, “In my family, it was a sin to buy retail.” I fully embrace his frugal philosophy, so I want you to know about www.spaweek.org. This three-year-old company offers deep discounts on facials, massages and spa treatments to about $50 instead of $100 to $200 per session. The site features: • Spa…
A new quarterly magazine was announced last week. Two facts made it unique. First, Sherman’s Travel Magazine started as a Web site by ShermansTravel.com, the leading site for travel deal reviews and destination advice, then became a periodical. Usually, it’s the other way around. Second, according to the press release, “Unlike other travel magazines which…