One review called the San José Hotel in downtown Austin “an exercise in class, comfort and urban renewal” and “a welcoming Texas comfort that underlies the hotel’s signature austere sytyle.”…
Since 1980, a small restaurant in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood has thrived on word-of-mouth, despite its location in an alley and its competition from more fashionable restaurants on nearby…
The only way to describe the housing situation in Las Vegas is to light a stick of dynamite next to your ear. It is a boom of at least that…
Forty degrees F. above zero seems colder in the damp fog of San Francisco or London. Twenty below zero is definitely chilling, but doesn’t seem as bad when you’re skiing…
As a native son, I know that my ancestors survived the April 18, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, which, at 8.3 on the Richter Scale, ranks as one of the strongest…
My pal Alex Russell has written about indoor skiing and snowboarding at BigAir Fukuoka in Japan. And I’ve told you about the Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark in Michigan. But now,…
We’ve all heard stories of shopping for top notch clothing in Hong Kong with an endless variety of the world’s top labels. Well, they’re still true. You just have to…
As a scuba diver, most of the hundreds of jellyfish I’ve seen in the world’s oceans are as big as your hand. I’ve seen some in aquariums that are as…
After seeing how frighteningly cold it is in Russia and other parts of the world, it’s high time to escape the winter doldrums. So where do those who have the…