If you’re fed up with resorts that cater to thousands of guests, try the solo approach. Estate One is one KM from the main Pangkor Laut Resort on the privately owned 185-acre island, with one of the world’s most lush rain forests. By the way, the resort was named Number One in the World by…
I’ve bought $100 bottles of wine and $10 bottles. Mostly the latter. But to some, $500 for 25.6 ounces of fermented grape juice and yeast is a price well worth paying. These are the “baseball card collectors” of wine who buy some to save, some to trade and some to sell. According to an article,…
Kentucky Fried Chicken has arrived at the Communist heartland. Before I left on a month’s sojourn in Australia, the only thing in Hanoi resembling a multinational chain of food and beverages was the string of Highlands Coffee Shops (generally described as the local version of Starbucks) that have sprouted up all over town. But now…
Following my horrifying ordeal at the hands of the Ayurvedic sado-masseuse, I was really in need of some serious pampering – and this time it wasn’t for my mission, it was just for me. The long-suffering dashing gent by my side suggested that the best therapy at a time like this would be to whisk…
Want to read one more chocolate story today? Max Brenner is an Isreali chocolatier, entrepreneur, and founder of a global chain of restaurants and boutiques. His mission? To create a “new chocolate culture.” His goal? To take the fantasy and emotion of chocolate, then translate it into a complete experience. His result? The first US…
Today looks like it’s a day about all things chocolate. Verizon Wireless is releasing a new phone called the LG Chocolate that could give the iPod Nano some competition. It includes a music player, a 1.3 MP camera, Bluetooth, a control wheel, and more in a sleek slider format with jet black paint and red…
One of our favorite chocolatiers is VosgesChocolate in Chicago. Now, Katrina, its owner, has found inspiration with her limited Collección Gaudí –– as she pays homage to Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (1852-1926) who lived in Barcelona, Spain and is credited for his Art Nouveau style of architecture. These curvaceous truffles are reminiscent of the swerving…
We’ve all gone to concerts to follow our favorite bands. But here’s a chance to go to a true fashionista mecca to follow a band of skirts. After great reviews and exhibits in Tokyo, Shanghai and New York, the twirling Waist Down-Skirts by Miuccia Prada have landed in LA and will be on view through…
Vagablond reader Mikel Wadewitz, a Public Relations guru with Wagstaff Worldwide, Inc., chimes in with this story idea… Airline food on most domestic flights is awful at best. You can bring a sandwich from home. Buy something at the airport. Or check out SkyMeals, currently available to anyone living in the L.A. metro area, or…
The French are fanatics for drip coffee, champagne, croissants, chocolate, fine cuisine, sidewalk cafes,… and blogging. According to a story today by Thomas Crampton in the New York Times, “Les Blogs Herald France’s Newest Inalienable Right,” Comscore reports that 60% of French Internet users visited a blog in May, ahead of Britain with 40% and…
I’ve dined a handful of times in New York’s Little Italy and Boston’s West End. But I’ve had hundreds of meals in my home town’s North Beach neighborhood. Famed for its family-run establishments, we left the 80-degree warmth of San Rafael, crossed the Golden Gate into San Francisco, and entered the foggy 60-degree climate of…
Men: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Coming to a rest room near you is a device that will speak to you as you stand to relieve yourself. Wizmark, the Interactive Urinal Communicator, developed by Healthquest Technologies, Inc. in New York, will promote anti-drunken driving messages by “talking, singing or flashing a string of lights around…