Imagine lying on a warm, suspended environment, cocooned in a Mandarin Spice Wrap infused with sandalwood mist. That’s what my wife experienced for 50 minutes on a recent visit to the award-winning Claremont Resort & Spa in the hills of Berkeley. With panoramic views of San Francisco’s skyline and the bay, this beautiful resort, situated…
Do you have an iPod? A PDA? Cell phone? Laptop? You should hook up with the folks at iGO Mobility Devices. This Texas-based company offers a wide range of rechargeable devices to power and charge just about any mobile device, from Blackberrys to notebook computers, mobile phones, handheld PDFAs, digital camera, MP3 players and more.
Crazed by French irregular adverbs and male/female pronouns for people and things? Pick up “Go Go” Magazine, a new, free, English-language monthly magazine. It writes about art, food, culture and shopping throughout Paris, and was launched by the founders of Paris Time Out. Each issue includes a top 10 list of current favorite hang-outs and…
If you’ve ever seen or stayed at a Starwood W Hotel, you know how hip it is for business travellers. Now, a new brand –– currently referred by the hotel’s creators as “Project XYZ” –– will deliver a new level of select service. Supposedly, XYZ will create a new category leveraging its W lineage and…
Held every other year, the San Francisco Symphony’s Black and White Ball is one of the city’s more extravagant affairs. First, everyone dresses in black. Or white. Or both. Looks like a Emperor Penguins’ convention. The mere logistics of this event are mind-numbing: $200-220 per person for all you can eat, drink, dance and ogle….
If you have to get from New York to Paris in the utmost comfort, expense be damned, Beverly Hills-based Air Royale International has access to a range of private jets to fit your every need. If you have to fly inside the United States, for example, a mid-size jet like a Learjet 60 would most…
American Express Gold Card holders voted the Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Hotel “Australia’s Best Resort” in Luxury Travel and Style Magazine’s Gold List 2005. Having stayed in one of the 2-BR, 2-Bath villas with South Pacific Ocean views, I’ve got to admit that this five-star luxury resort is pretty darn swank. It’s perfectly situated for…
“Riding the Porcelain Bus” now has a new meaning. Renowned globetrotter Arthur Frommer has penned a prominent periodical about porcelain, i.e., where to go when you’re in 19 major US cities and four National Parks. It’s called “Where to Stop and Where to Go: A Guide to Traveling with Overactive Bladder in the United States”.
If you can’t sleep, you might as well watch a few movies. How about 70? One of the most ususal cinema celebrations is the Midnight Sun Film Festival. Now in its 20th year, thousands of film lovers will journey across the Arctic Circle to Sodankylä in northern Finland from June 15 – 19 for five…
Dog- and cat-friendly hotels are one thing. Flying your pet to where you’re vacationing is another. Check out Jet Pets –– your pet’s travel agent — to get your four-legged friend from the US to Australia or New Zealand. They also are linked to a US-based company called Pet Express that transports pets within the…
Wherever you travel, you’re always looking for a place to connect to the Net. As the worldwide registrar of Wi-Fi Technology, WiFinder, Inc. lists over 120,000 HotSpots globally –– including many Starbucks and McDonald’s. So use this online directory to find the HotSpot nearest your laptop, smartphone or an Web-enabled PDA. Then access your email…
After outplaying, outwitting and outlasting “Survivor: All-Stars” in 2004, Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich got hitched in April at one of the world’s swankiest joints: Atlantis Resort. It’s no wonder Britney Spears stays here. So does Paris Hilton — and she doesn’t even get the Hilton Family discount.