The annual Burning Man Art Festival begins tomorrow in the desert lake bed known as Black Rock, Nevada desert with an art theme: “Hope and Fear: The Future.” An estimated 37,000 people will show up, set up camp, live for a few weeks, then disappear. Yesterday, encouraged by the green movement, a SF Chronicle article…
Do you eat your share of five recommended fruits and veges daily? This company, e4b, was launched by a family to help people like you and me eat their fresh fruit –– anywhere and anytime. Its high-tech packaging with a screw-top closure eliminates the need for preservatives or additives. If I was writing an ad…
Personally, I’m not a coffee drinker. Never liked the stuff. Don’t need the caffeine buzz to function in the a.m. But if you love coffee, the beans grown on the Big Island of Hawaii are supposed to be among the best in the world. The Hilo Coffee Mill offers 24 gorgeously green acres halfway between…
I just adore the Luxury Link Website. Considering all the hours I have logged online, there hasn’t been one site I enjoyed visiting, Vagablond aside, as much as this one. Go to www.luxurylink.com and you’ll see what I mean. They have packaged a luxury journey for you from the initial choosing of your destination to…
The rules of engagement for carry on luggage changed a few weeks ago in London. Today’s SF Chronicle ran a story about two passengers — one on British Airways; the other on United. As the article states, “These two experiences reflect the uncertainty that has characterized the way baggage is handled as airlines, airports and…
Whether you think Kathy Griffin is the funniest woman ever or you just don’t get her self-deprecating humor, you’ve got to admire her balls for going to Iraq to entertain the troops. Read her Kathy’s Blog on Bravo’s Web site and decide for yourself if it was a ploy to boost ratings or an honest…
He has done more to advance the culture of wine than any person dead or alive. In 1999, France even gave him its highest military award, putting him beside the other four-star generals of American food and wine: Julia Child, Robert Mondavi, and recently the great wine importer Kermit Lynch. His battered purple heart has…
I knew it. Tromping around in stinky old tie-dye and seeing the world ‘on a shoestring’ is so last season. The crusty backpacker of lore is being overtaken by a new breed of traveler, whose luggage contains iPods, swish digital cameras and laptops – meet the Flashpacker. According to HostelWorld.com, Flashpackers are generally in their…
I’ve been to some pretty large shopping malls in my day –– in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Chicago, Paris, London, even New York. But the Mall of the Emirates boasts that it’s “the ultimate leisure, entertainment and shopping resort… and the largest shopping centre outside of North America. Strategically located in the…
With the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, life hasn’t improved much for many of the residents who lost 125,000 homes in the devasted Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood. A story in today’s SF Chronicle tells the so sad story: “A year later, few of these houses have been made habitable. Although some better-off landowners live outside…
This just in from the blog of our newest Vagablond contributors… Unless you’re flying with friends or family, there’s a pretty good chance that the person next to you is a total stranger. They also may not be who they say they are. In July, while on a Delta flight from Seattle to JFK to…
An old colleague and a new friend compose our latest dynamic duo of Vagablond contributors. Welcome to Lanny Udell and Sue Frause… Like me, Lanny Udell is a versatile copywriter. Unlike me, she is a Minnesota native, lived in NYC for many years working for a variety of ad agencies, then made her leap to…