Even when it was snowy, windy and blustery last December, my daughter knew it was worth the wait to get the acknowledged best ice cream in Paris. Glaces Berthillon has a half-dozen storefronts on Ile Saint Louis, the little island on the Seine near Notre Dame, plus dozens of outlets all over the City of…
It’s a club. It’s a restaurant. It’s a catering hall. It’s a gallery. It’s a performance space. And it’s even got beds to lounge on while you watch the hippest of the hip. What the heck is it? It’s known in Europe as Supperclub. Already an institution in Amsterdam, Rome, and on location with refurbished…
Tired of the same old hotel room with a television and empty walls to keep you pacified in your free time? In McMenamins Grand Lodge in Forest Grove, Oregon, not one room has a television, and not one wall is free of original artwork. The lodge was built in 1922 as a Masonic and Eastern…
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…
This may be one of the world’s most beautiful spas. Just 90 minutes from Florence and 125 miles from Rome, Fonteverde Spa Resort is the perfect alternative to renting a vacation villa in the Tuscany area of Italy. Situated in the majestic rolling hills just south of Siena, people have been enjoying this venue since…
If you love noisy places with great food, make your way to Wagamama This global chain of restaurants has been called a “pan-Asian, organic slurpathon.” And I can personally vouch for how much fun it is to sit on benches with strangers and sink your teeth into huge bowls of noodles and toppings.
When South Americans aren’t flocking to Rio for sun, they come to Bariloche on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapi in Patagonia. This alpine resort area is well-known for skiing, fishing, mountain biking, rafting and swimming. And they’re all accompanied with out-of-this-world views.
“I certainly don’t like to see women in thongs,” says famed British fashion model and actress Elizabeth Hurley. Obsessed with glamourous summer clothes, she’s launching her Elizabeth Hurley Beach collection –– a mix of bathing suits and apre-beach looks.
Flying is exhausting. Moreso when you cross multiple time zones in a day or two. So why not use what flight attendants in New Zealand have used for 15 years? No-Jet-Lag is a unique homeopathic product that is formulated and rigourously tested to alleviate jet lag.
More hotels are going to the dogs. Literally… and for good reason. There’s gold in them thar pets when accompanied by a paying adult who doesn’t want to put Lucy or Panda in a kennel. In fact, more hotels are now offering special programs for well-behaved, housebroken dogs of 40 lbs. or less.
Everyone likes to hear about the latest chic Hotel or the great stay someone had at a gorgeous villa. Most folks tend to cringe when listening to horrific travel experiences, but they still pay attention. To me it is similar to watching a bar fight or terrible reality TV. It is horrible, but you need…
When Dan Brown wrote “The Da Vinci Code,” he never envisioned it would be a best seller for two years. Nor did he then think it would become part of a popular 2 1/2-hour Parisienne walking tour. But it did and it has. So here’s the 411. The tours begin daily (except Tuesdays when the…