This definitely is not a ski resort where you can wear jeans, gators and last year’s parka. If you wore anything other than the latest fashions on the slopes, you may get snubbed at the cute, 92-room luxe Aspen chalet known as Little Nell. With a one-to-one staff-to-guest ratio, a genuinely caring staff, and a…
Now adults can also have fun in the sun. Camps targeting grown-ups offer opportunities to learn new skills in activities such as cooking, surfing and ballroom dancing. Many camps offer programs not just in the summer, but also throughout the year.
In Arizona, where the summers are fierce as triple strength chili sauce, there’s a new way to play golf and be cool. In fact, there are two ways and the first is more about hot wheels than climate control. Hipsters playing a round at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale now have a…
Sting Ray City didn’t exist when I visited Grand Cayman in the early 1980s. A decade later, a vacationing Detroit cop started feeding the school of friendly stingrays who hung out in the North Sound during his annual visits to the island. Soon, with 100-foot visibility (or more), 80+degree water temperatures, easy access by a…
British Prince William and his possible princess bride Kate Middleton, skied recently in Verbier, a year-round alpine Swiss resort popular with wealthy Brits. When they weren’t on the slopes, they dined at Chez Dany, a local bistro, and stayed at Les Trois Chouettes (“The Three Owls”), a chalet owned by some friends.
A ski chalet that combines a rustic atmosphere while still exuding sophisticated luxury is not all too common. The Post Hotel in Lake Louise mixes an extensive wine cellar (over 25,000 bottles) and hand rolled Cuban cigars with a quaint atmosphere you expect from a ski lodge.