If you want to bring home the beacon, sleep in a lighthouse. Yes, it’s true. Some are being converted to bed-and-breakfast inns as their navigational roles diminish because of newer technologies like GPS. A few you might want to consider: • Keeper’s House Inn at Isle au Haut, Maine — Romantic, but no Internet, e-mail,…
Have you ever driven a Porsche, Ferrari or Lamborghini? Wouldn’t you love to rent one when you travel somewhere? Now, you can… Scott Speed’s Squadra Piloti is a national club that gives car enthusiasts access to virtually any car that they want to drive. Their members own some incredibly hot wheels, which constitute the largest…
Starting June 29, Frontier Airlines will fly the popular LAX-SFO corridor within California with same- day round-trip fares of $138.59. Naturally, its competitors, American and Unitied Airlines are lowering their fares from $488.59. Frontier’s lowest announced fare for this trip with a 21-day advance purchase is $59 each way, with 24 free DirecTV channels, 33…
If the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain, does a rhinosplasty in India or France mean you’ll pay less through the nose? Sometime soon, someone you know will travel abroad for a medical procedure that is becoming more and more expensive state-side. It could be a heart bypass that costs $100K in the…
My brother’s been to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He said it was a great race. But mostly, it’s a fantastic party with lots of boozing amid the well haba- dashered crowd. After all, Derby participants usually buy about 90,000 Mint Juleps. At this year’s 132nd Run for the Roses, you can spend $1,000…
Wine is fine with most foods. But when I’m dipping tortilla chips into salsa, eating a burrito topped with guacamole or washing down rice, beans and other Mexican delights, I’ll take a cold beer. Anytime. One I’ve heard about is Chipotle Ale from Rogue Ales in Newport, Oregon. It features smoked jalapeños, or chipotle chiles,…
Hot tables. Hot nights. Hot spas. With summer coming soon, Condé Nast Traveler has just uncovered the hottest new restaurants and nightspots around the globe, as well as the world’s best new spas. Its Web page says CNT covers “the 82 best places to eat –– from Australia to Vietnam and with entrees from $3…
The secretive, anonymous food critic at the San Francisco Chronicle is immersed in food day and night. Because he only writes a few weekly restaurant reviews about local cuisine, he’s now pleased to be able to share all the other stuff rattling around in his well-seasoned brain — including eateries in New York and other…
This must be heaven for wine, spa and golf lovers. Surrounded by 135 acres of some of the world’s best vineyards, the former chateau now known as Relais De Margaux is elegance personified. Northwest of Bordeaux in the world famous Medoc region, high-quality grapes are grown here to produce Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and…
There’s a Starbucks in my little corner of the world. That’s not unusual. But now, 50 yards away inside the Safeway Store where I shop, they’re building another Starbucks. Obviously, it’s for shoppers who can’t walk a few extra feet to pay through the nose for their half-decaf, half-latte, cappucino with three shots of espresso…
The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, sang songs, played guitar and generally whipped the crowd into a frenzy Monday at what he called “criminal ineptitude” in Hurricane Katrina’s wake. It was during the New Orleans Jazz Festival, which runs from April 28 to May 7. After visiting the Ninth Ward, he added, “I saw sights I never…
Since we’re putting the spotlight on beer festivals this week, let’s raise a frosty, frothy mug to these upcoming spring salutes throughout the Golden and Silver States: • Beer Festival, Boonville, May 6 –– Sample suds of over 50 brewers from many states, including Deschutes in Oregon and New Belgium Brewing Company. It’s at the…