Not only does it have a current canine appeal, the Brooklyn Museum of Art knows how to throw a terrific party. The William Wegman Funney/Strange exhibit runs until May 28th and features photography, painting, collage and video from a world-renowned artist obsessed with his Weimaraners. Plus, on the first Saturday of every month, between 5-11…
According to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, it’s dangerous to chat and drive. In fact, this study monitored the behavior of 241 drivers in 100 vehicles who logged two million miles, got into 82 crashes and 751 near-crashes. The findings? Multi-tasking drivers who put on…
Books. Cookbooks. Restaurant Books. Restaurant Reviews. Sounds like a logical progression at Amazon.com, so it’s now offering a free service featuring thousands of restaurant menus. Initially, this service is for Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. You can also view menus online, search for menu items, read customer reviews, and make…
The Maroma Resort and Spa is not letting a small thing like a hurricane prohibit it from providing guests with a luxurious vacation. Located on Mexico’s historic Yucatan Penisula, the resort was destroyed by Hurricane Wilma. Three months later, they’ve reopened with the launch of Sian Nah — eight oceanfront suites complete with a living…
East is a design restaurant. It’s also a hotel and a lounge. Since the Fall of 2004, East has added some considerable direction and style to Hamburg’s restaurant and nightlife scene. It combines a fascinating location with an elaborate restaurant and hotel concept –– all in the centre of the city, parallel to the Reeperbahn….
My sister Jill is a foodie, so she’ll love this… What’s up from Zagat? This latest download of the top 100 luxury hotel restaurants across the US. See Zagat.com for iPod instructions. So what’s the most highly rated restaurant? It’s the French Room in The Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas with a $72 fixed-price, three-course…
There’s a new, interactive wine Web search tool now in Beta testing called Buyersvine.com. It lets you categorize your search based on wine color, wine type, price (under $5 and above $500), by interaction, with food, by day of the week, sport, likes/dislikes, and much more. So if you love wine, give it a try….
In one of the world’s most spectacular cities for architecture, you can spoil yourself big time with a stay at the Emiliano Hotel, one of three international, hip and equally luxurious boutiques. (The other two are the Fasano and the Unique. Featuring a glass enclosed, roof-top spa, pampering you with fluffy white bathrobes and white…
When I see my accountant every March, we lunch on Korean food. So when I read about the BCD Tofu House in LA, my mouth started watering for Korean BBQ and other savory dishes. This chain has been a mainstay for great Korean food for over a decade. So great, in fact, that it now…
About 100 yards south of the famed Slanted Door Restaurant in the Ferry Building along SF’s Embarcadero is Boulettes Larder. Who’s Boulette? The owner’s dog, so I’ve heard, but the food in this European style bistro is terrific with a range of daily meat, vegetarian and fish specials, ranging from $6.50 to $15.50. The desserts…
My grandparents survived the quake and my father was born five months later. Tomorrow morning around 4:30 am, they’ll be there in spirit with about 25,000 people at Lotta’s Fountain at the corner of Kearny and Market Streets to celebrate, commemorate and salutate the 100th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire —…
I took my first scuba dive off Seven Mile Beach in 1981, so it’s always been a favorite place to escape. Now, the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort — named “Grand Cayman’s Leading Hotel” by World Travel Awards — has completed a $15 million redesign and renovation. Situated on a gorgeous, snow white sandy beach,…