When you fly all the way to Sydney, make it count by staying at the delightful Leisure Inns Park Regis. This 120-room hotel has the perfect location for business or pleasure travel. It’s in the City Centre, next to the Monorail, within walking distance of Darling Harbour, the Entertainment Centre, major stores and Hyde Park….
Let’s say you’ve been to a great small city like San Francisco or Amsterdam and walked to most of the sites. Or you’ve been to large cities like Chicago, New York, London or Paris and taken public transit to get around. Now –– if you’re a jogger and you’re in Rome –– you can take…
Nothing’s as romantic as an ocean view room. The Tickle Pink Inn at Carmel Highlands, four miles south of Carmel-By-The-Sea, offers the lure of the rugged Pacific Coast coupled with new Pacific Dream beds that feature cloud-like plush mattresses dressed in Italian-crafted, 100% Egyptian cotton sheets. Ahh, luxury! Plus, their Special Fall Offer gets you…
First, there was Jet Blue, which forged new territory with affordably luxurious comfortably flights offering leather seats and individual TV screens with dozens of channels. Then, there were Starwood’s W Hotels, which gave stylish travelers cutting-edge amenities and designer hotels with a personal touch. Now, Starwood has revealed aloft, which is intended to raise the…
Remember Jonny Moseley? He’s a Bay Area resident who won a Gold Medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in moguls. To celebrate his 30th birthday, he helped stage an X Games-type event called “Icer Air 2005” two days ago that drew about 5,000 to Fillmore Street, one of SF’s steepest hills. I was driving about…
Thanks to the movie ‘Sideways’ and the rave reviews one of the main characters gave the pinot noir variety, wine stores across America report soaring sales of Californian wine made from the delicate, thin-skinned grape. Constellation Brands, for example, saw sales of its Blackstone pinot noir leap by 147% in the first three months after…
New York City has hundreds, if not thousands, of hotels. But in the world of boutique hotels, The W stands out as a 688-room tranquil oasis. Inspired by nature’s elements of earth, wind, fire and water, it’s for savvy travelers seeking refuge in a hectic world. Now, if you book and stay at The W…
For some CEOs, flying first class on commercial airlines isn’t fashionable enough, having to rub elbows with all those people is for other people, and most planes are too slow. So now, those high-end, supperrich business folks are spreading their wings on the Global 5000, a new corporate jet from Montreal-based Bombardier. This super-large jet…
Once a year, the people in India travel across hundreds of kilometers of arid desert to attend the Pushkar Fair in the state of Rajasthan. Though it’s best known as the world’s largest camel fair, Pushkar is a burst of dazzling styles, colors, shopping, and more, as Hindu pilgrims converge for a holy dip in…
Let’s say you’re traveling somewhere and it starts raining. Or you’re snorkeling and you don’t want your iPod, cell phone, PDA and/or camera to be damaged by ocean and sand. Then you might want to check out the Aquapac Waterproof Cases at LL Bean. They come in a variety of compact sizes, are rugged, and…
I tried to propose to my wife underwater in the Caribbean. She almost drowned. That’s why I wish I knew about Caribbean Weddings –– a company that specializes in getting hitched at sunset on the glistening white sand beaches of Cozumel on the Mexican Caribbean. Or tying the knot under the warm tropical waters with…
One of the hottest, most intimate restaurants in San Francisco’s fashionable Pacific Heights district, even when it’s foggy overhead, is Quince. It opened early this year and features a blend of California and Mediterranean cuisines. The chef is Michael Tusk, who formerly worked at Oliveto and world-famous Chez Panisse in Berkeley. One review called it…