With cab rides costing $100 US from Heathrow to your hotel, it is very wise to seek a bargain hotel in London. In the City Center, lodgings might run up to $175 US per night. But hotels near the 1-milliion square foot ExCel Enhibition Centre in the Docklands area east of Canary Wharf on the…
Warding off the hungry maw of development that threatens to eat every shred of old Florida, Anna Maria Island clings to her legacy like a barnacle to a boat. A bygone era of easy beach living still rules on this sandy, seven-mile sliver off the Gulf Coast, especially at Bungalow Beach Resort on Bradenton Beach….
I love Paris in the winter more than the spring or summer. Why? Because everywhere you want to go — The Louvre, The Rive Gauche, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, The Orsay, et.al — is not overflowing with American tourists or European travelers. Now, according to our friends at The Informed Traveler, the newest “in” neighborhood…
Pink is defintely the new black. For years, computers were black boxes. Then Apple turned the color wheel inside out with its candy-colored iMacs. Now, the same types of colorful choices are making their way into phones, laptops, digital camera and phones. “Pink is so hot that gadgetmakers are introducing one device after another in…
Each November, the Marriott Marquis Hotel at New York’s Times Square hosts the 8th Annual Chocolate Show. Last year, it included a Fashion Show where 22 pastry chefs and chocolatiers created unique, delicious and wearable fashions for models in a benefit bash. Some of the taste-tempting treats included Chocolate Passion Ravioli with Ricotta Souffle Fritter,…
If you want to streeeetch the definition of fashionable travel, Jimmyjane would qualify. Selling $1 million sex toys in the year since its birth in a San Francisco wearhouse, the company uses high-level products, superior craftsmanship, sophisticated design, a twist of whimsy, and sells them all through boutique settings in upscale stores in SF, LA,…
Brace yourself. The first branded hotel/condo in San Diego is going up in the fashionable Gaslamp Quarter as the legendary vibe, cutting-edge design, 24/7 service and high octane life of the Hard Rock Hotel mixes rock ‘n roll lifestyle with condo living. The Hard Rock Condos will be a bit raunchy, a bit irreverent and…
Walking in the door to the South Florida Museum, I was met by a mastodon skeleton. Maneuvering my way to the second floor, I connected to Parker Manatee Aquarium where Snooty, a 57-year-old manatee waved from his 60,000 gallon tank. Scooting back downstairs, I discovered the door to Bishop Planetarium where my mind boggled at…
One of the 200 Epoque Classic Superior boutique hotels is over 215 years old. But that’s not such a big deal in centuries-old Europe. This luxury boutique dating back to 1790 is the Bonvecchiati Hotel in Venice. The 102-room hotel was renovated a few years ago with silk divans, curved ornaments, panoramic views of San…
I don’t know if Robert Louis Stevenson was a golfer. But he once called the Monterey Peninsula and Carmel, “the most flelicitious meeting of land and sea in the world.” Spanning eight decades, the Pebble Beach Golf Links hold a firm grip on golf history. From the annual U.S. Open to the AT&T Pebble Beach…
I once stayed in a youth hostel in Koblentz, Germany for $2 that was a centuries-old castle. That gave me bragging rights for a while for the oldest place I’ve spent the night. If you like that kind of funky stuff, hop a plane for Beijing, take a bus for about 90 miles from Dongzhimen…