Remember The Terminal with Tom Hanks? His character, Victor Navorski was an immigrant trapped in an airport terminal. Remember how he slept? Awkward on those uncomfortable seats. How he washed up in the airport bathroom and gathered his food from complimentary condiments? But what if he could’ve spent a few hours in a day spa,…
Art Walk nights on St. Croix, USVI are quite an event. Enjoy warm Caribbean breezes, friendly people, free wine, cheese, and lovely displays of local artists’ work as you wander from gallery to gallery in downtown Christiansted. St. Croix is an off-beat tourist destination. Don’t be surprised if you find more locals than tourists on…
Oh to watch the world go by from 40,000 feet. When I fly I love gazing down at the hills, mountains, lakes, streets and tiny, tiny cars. Then I doze and miss a few hundred miles at a time. Today that’s okay, because now I can catch up on what I missed wtih Google’s free…
When you’ve been voted the world’s #2 destination spa by Travel + Leisure Readers, you must be a pretty swank and unique joint. That accurately describes Mii amo, a destination spa of Enchantment in the mystical Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness of Sedona. As a Native American word in the Yuman dialect, “Mii amo” means…
At the colorful Dévi Restaurant on E. 18th Street near 5th Avenue, fushion cocktails like the Gin Petal are $12. The wait staff are dressed in matching saffron-colored costumes. And the celebrity chefs Suvir Saran and Hemant Mathur from India have taken authentic subcontinent dishes a bit more upscale with specialties like Manchurian cauliflower, tandoori…
Are you bound for Berlin? Passing over the Atlantic to Paris? Landing in London? Navigating to New York? The Very Style Guides are pocket-sized, city-biblettes that are part mini-magazine and part personal shoppers’ diary for boutiques, restaurants, bars, cafés, neighbourhoods, clubs, theaters, spas and much more. Soon, they’ll offer a VERY for Rio, Sao Paulo,…
My first wet suit was black, heavy and very ugly. For years, so was everyone else’s. Now, Mares is introducing some fashion into the ocean with theSHE DIVES! collection of diving products. Mares assembled an international team of women divers and designers to create a collection that is inspired, designed and dedicated to women. Plus,…
If you love facial hair, get your whiskers to the Annual 2005 Nevada Day Beard Contest. It’s open to anyone with a beard, there’s no entry fee and admission is free. It will take place on the steps of the old Capitol building in downtown Carson City immediately after the Nevada Day Parade. Categories are:…
For 153 years, the French Quarter’s Cafe du Monde has been known for its hot, French-style, powdered-sugar covered beignet doughnuts, its rich, dark-roast, chicory-laced coffee and its round-the-clock service to the breakfast and hangover crowds in New Orleans. Now, its original Jackson Square venue is set to open next Wednesday after being closed since August…
When the free breakfast is described as “a three-course raft of delights to be enjoyed in the privacy of your room,” it stands to reason that The Tonic Hotel is a destination boutique bolt hole. Set on a river about 2 hours north of Sydney in the vineyards of Lovedale in Australia’s Hunter Valley, this…
If you could watch your own movies and TV programs on a plane with the new Video iPod, would you? Or would you still rent headphones and watch the choice of their handful of movies — some of which you’ve already seen or some you don’t ever want to watch? Apple’s new 2.5-inch color display…
Who knew “jiggle-ability” could be measured? And who knew Jell-O was the focus of so many consuming surveys and experiments? Visiting the Jell-O Gallery — less than an hour’s drive from Buffalo — in LeRoy, New York, I learned more than I ever knew there was to know about the bouncy kid-pleaser. As a child…