When it’s snowing and in the 20s, wouldn’t you love to be sunning yourself in southern Florida’s 70s? I would. I love getting away to warm climes during the holidays to exfoliate my stress. A great place to do just that with renowned pampered service is Kimpton Hotel’s Mayfair Hotel and Spa in the popular…
Last week, we showed you a stylish way to protect your iPod. Now, here’s another great holiday gift for all you folks addicted to your CrackBerry… er, BlackBerry. Made from a plush black calfskin exterior and tan calfskin interior, the Dunhill Confidential BlackBerry Case is designed for the 7100 and 7200 series models. Priced at…
Yesterday, we’re pleased to report that the city of New Orleans resumed its streetcar service. Its utility poles and metal tracks had been knocked out by Hurricane Katrina. Of the city’s 35 historic New Orleans streetcars that ran along St. Charles Avenue — the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world — six have…
iTraveliShop just launched. It may be a competitor to Gridskipper.com. Its founders, Christina Valhouli and John Vipond, embarked on an industrious “Shop Around the World in 80 Days” with a route close to the one Phileas Fogg partook in the Jules Verne novel of a similar name. Read their adventures on their travel blog. [Via…
Athens, Greece, that is. I’d be one of the last people to mouth the praises of fast food, but I did have a memorable lunch at the McDonald’s in downtown Athens on Syntagma (Constitution) Square. McDonald’s has made a lot of adaptations to accomodate its European customers, which is only logical because it’s not a…
Japan is known globally as a fashion-forward country and Tokyo is its artistic epicenter. Maybe that’s why the Tokyo Hipsters Club was described by its designer as a “pleasantly brutal space… a piece of antiarchitecture by a nonarchitect.” The Tokyo Hipsters Club was created around the concept of ‘aristocracy gone wrong’. Tom Dixon, British designer…
Can California wine country say “Cheese”? You bet, any way you want it — creamy, nippy, crumbly or raw. At a recent stay at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, my taste buds were teased with some sublime state-grown dairy delicacies. The guide to my gustatory adventure was Chef Bruno Tison, the property’s executive…
We’ve told you about SmartPhones and iTunes Phones. Now here’s a new one from Korea where the camera phone opens up to a full keyboard with stereo speakers. Absolutely amazing! You can download ring tones, play games, check e-mail and more because this LG phone is compatible with Verizon Wireless’ EV-DO service. Or by the…
Some like it hot. And some like it cold. If you fall into the latter category, a new ice hotel is being constructed 7,000 feet up into the German Alps. The 50-bed igloo village should be ready in a few weeks and will offer thermal sleeping bags, sheepskin, camping mats and ice sculptures. Call me…
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times… This fourth of many holiday highs and lows of our travels during this festive season is from Ava, Vagablond Co-Founder. Best of Times: – Soaking up the sun in Hawaii, Palm Springs and Cabo… not having to worry about shoveling the snow or…
Was the Blonde Bombshell champagne concoction I’d just quaffed in the Fairmont San Franciso’s tony lobby lounge a tad stronger than I realized? Walking into the hotel’s subterranean Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar, I was sure I was seeing (and hearing) things. I had expected the paper umbrellas in the Mai Tais. I assumed there…