Two of Walt Disney World’s most upscale resorts –– The Swan and The Dolphin –– are now offering 25% discounts on one night’s stay to anyone who can prove they recently bought a toupee, hair transplant or hair-restoring drug. The “Rugs, Plugs & Drugs” promotion is Disney’s way of leveraging the fact that they just…
The annual Paris couture show that ended on March 6 blends pagentry, boldness, lunacy and a style watch for global fashionistas. See artist and author Gladys Perint Palmer’s candid jottings in her “Paris Sketchbook” as “the fashion world continued to mix the topical and the trivial, an experie ce captured in these exclusive drawings.” Read…
Ever wanted to do something that was uniquely unique? Well, Outside Magazine’s 2006 Trip of the Year is a one-of-a-kind, powder and glacier heli-skiing experience that departs from a luxury 61-meter-long megayacht, Absinthe. Within a few minutes, you and up to 10 other skiers can be standing atop the West Coast Mountain Range of British…
It may snow in the San Francisco Bay Area tonight, which is rare. But I’d much rather be strolling on the snowy, sugary white beaches on Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos chain, a 40-island archipelago south of the Bahamas and east of Florida. The weather is warm and sunny year-round and I proposed to…
There are luxury hotels. And then, there are the 359 most luxurious, most well-appointed, most awarded and most heralded hotels, resorts and spas in 59 countries across the planet. For the first time, the 2006 list of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World includes places from South Korea, Laos, St. Lucia, Russia and Estonia….
The screens on most handheld devices are too small to enjoy watching photos, videos or TV programs. To appeal to this audience, Samsung of Korea and Asus of Taiwan introduced an ultralight tablet computer at the CeBIT Show 2006 in Hanover, Germany yesterday that’s bigger than a handheld but smaller than a tablet. Called Project…
A flight from Dublin to Paris cost about $600 in the 1990s. Today, it goes for about $50 US, round- trip. That’s why, according to a Washington Post article, “growing numbers of Europeans are buying second homes in other countries because they can afford to travel to them frequently, creating building booms along seasides from…
If you’re planning a European vacation this spring or summer, we strongly advise that you purchase your Eurail Early Bird Pass by the end of March. When you do, you’ll receive one free travel day. So book a 6-, 8- or 10-day Eurail Selectpass and you’ll travel for up to six months from the date…
A few months ago, we first wrote about the Winter Wonderland that is Mont Tremblant Resort, 130 kms from Montreal and one of North America’s best four-season resorts (rated #1 in the East by Ski Magazine). Now, we’ve heard of spacious luxury ski and golf holiday rental chalets and houses there. You can choose from…
It’s the peak of the ski season and people are falling all over the hill. So why not watch stand-up comedy, films, sketches and other performers during the five-day, 12th Annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Running from March 8th through the 12th, the festival will offer salutes to Goldie Hawn and HBO’s satirical “The Larry…
The world of digital gadgets continue to converge… Tivo Inc. just announced that it will launch a service to allow subscribers to schedule DVR recordings and access related entertainment information from the convenience of their Verizon Wireless cellphones. The service will be called TiVo Mobile and will be available by this summer. According to the…
If your kid — or even if you — loves Hello Kitty cartoons, gear, clothing, lunch boxes and such from the Sanrio Company, perhaps you should book a flight from Taiwan to Tokyo, Fukuoka and Narita, Japan on this Taiwanese Eva Airways plane. Don’t be surprised if the flight is already booked. We hear that…