Autumn and early winter are ideal times to cozy up in the Pacific Northwest. Whether poking around the shops and galleries of the small, artsy seaside town of Langley or watching the waves roll in on the wild side of Vancouver Island, snag a long weekend and chill. Here are six inns and lodges that…
Denver International Airport is going greener. The nation’s fifth-busiest airport has announced plans for a 2 megawatt solar energy system to generate 3.5 million kilowatt hours of clean energy each year – about half the power needed to run the airport’s terminal-connecting underground train system. The project, to be operational by the middle of next…
My son was recently visiting from New York City and we were looking for a nice little restaurant after watching the Seattle Mariners play the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field one sunny afternoon. One of Seattle’s finest concierges, James Mulvaney of the Washington Athletic Club (named Seattle Hotel Concierge of the Year), recommended the…
Denver residents and visitors waited decades for a hotel to open in the heart of the luxurious Cherry Creek shopping and entertainment district just east of downtown. It couldn’t be just any hotel; it had to be a hotel worthy of the neighborhood’s luxurious, energetic reputation. In 2004, that wait was rewarded with the opening…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS IS SUE’S 100th VAGABLOND ARTICLE. CONGRATS, SUE!] Starwood Hotels & Resorts of Italy, Malta and Croatia has launched an interactive Web campaign, Taste the Mediterranean. Designed to promote the distinct and unique flavors of this popular region, Taste the Mediterranean is a Web-only travel package for food and wine lovers. The Taste…
The Fairmont Winnipeg and Habitat for Humanity® have teamed up to offer a travel experience with plenty of heart. Guests at the hotel may volunteer during their next getaway by helping to build homes for families in need of decent shelter. Starting at $219 a night, the hotel’s Home Sweet Home package includes overnight accommodation…
Where Canada Magazine has selected its top ten attractions for Canadian summer travel in 2007. Many are brand new; others have been renovated or are celebrating significant milestones. Top 10 New Attractions for Summer 2007 (in alphabetical order): 1. Atlantic Jazz Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia: One of Atlantic Canada’s biggest musical events has added three…
I like cities in the summer. Whether it’s strolling through New York’s Central Park or taking a passenger ferry in Vancouver’s False Creek, it’s liberating to be freed of winter wardrobes and worries. If you’re headed to Toronto, the Fairmont Royal York’s Green Getaway package is a fun, eco-friendly vacation option.
Sylvia Main, owner of Victoria, BC’s historic Fairholme Manor Inn, has created a beautiful cookbook featuring her very best breakfast and brunch recipes. The elegantly designed book, Fabulous Fairholme: Breakfasts & Brunches, is highlighted by dozens of photographs of the inn’s breakfast and brunch offerings, along with the inn and its lush gardens. The cookbook…
I’m not a big shopper. It’s not that I don’t like to shop, I just like all the stuff in between better. Seeing a play or a movie, going for a leisurely lunch and maybe having a spa treatment or two before heading home. That’s shopping. Now fashion mavens, girlfriends and mothers and daughters seeking…
Two summers ago, my husband and I plus two friends decided to do our own personal Tour de France. No surprise, with our last name, that it quickly became known as the Tour de Frause. I checked into a lot of bike tours, and what I was attracted to at Le Vieux Moulin Bicycle Touring…
Walk into the Oxford Hotel in Denver’s Lower Downtown (“LoDo”) and take a step back in time. Settle into the legendary Cruise Room bar and be transported back about 70 years to the Art Deco era when architectural lines were clean and cocktails were classic. Leave the bar and cross into the grand lobby to…