There’s something romantic about cowboy boots that’s inexplicable. They’re unique, mysterious, and, on the right pair of legs, they are downright sexy. On a recent trip to Austin, Texas, I found myself in the market for cowboy boots. I popped into a few local shops, spoke with the owners and makers of boots, learned the [...]
Eat, Pray, Love in the British Virgin Islands
If eating, praying and loving is the new way of traveling, then the British Virgin Islands are the meeting place for paradise. The trifecta: Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Necker Island – three islands that posses everything a traveler could want, from the finest food to the bluest oceans to the most private coves and caves, [...]
Tutto va bene…
Sydney, Australia; Los Angeles, California; New York City; Shanghai, China; Hong Kong; Miami; Santa Monica; Bermuda; New York City (again); Toronto; Vancouver, Canada; Austin, Texas; Newport, Rhode Island; and back home again to Boston, Massachusetts. This year has taken me around the world and back again, and while not without its complications, this year has [...]
Eloise Still Runs the Show at the Plaza Hotel
If Eloise were in her 30s and living at New York’s The Plaza hotel, I suspect her life would be something like this: The familiar bellman opens her car door as she pulls into the horseshoe drive on Fifth Avenue at Central Park South. She’s probably on her cell phone or thumbing through her iPhone, [...]
Hotels That Make a Grand First Impression
Walking into a hotel for the first time is like meeting a blind date — first impressions count and if the hotel (or date, for that matter) doesn’t appeal it’s likely you won’t go back for seconds. Hotels hire the best of the best designers to create that unique first impression. Working with space, color, [...]
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Food & Wine
Food for Thought: Red Light Little River
Any traveler will tell you the best food in any destination is likely found off the beaten path. Case in point: Miami’s Red Light Little River. Don’t let the decor fool you… this little restaurant tucked inside Biscayne Boulevard may look run down from the outside, but the kitchen serves up some of the best [...]
Travel Journal
Reaching New Heights: The Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
The tears started before I even set foot on the bridge. It was 8 a.m. and our climb was scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. I grazed through the gift shop and made back-to-back trips to the bathroom. I walked up one flight of stairs to the ‘holding area’, where I would await my tour [...]
Hotels
Best Business Hotels for Corporate Budgets
Business travel was one of the first items cut from the company budget when the economy tanked a few years ago. However, as bottom lines start shaping up, more businesses are bringing back the corporate travel card and sending their suited ones out for an important meeting. In a study by global research firm Oxford [...]
Hotels
Four Seasons Austin Helps Travelers “Pay it Forward”
Luxury is a lovely accessory but for many, the notion of luxury is non-existent. That’s why the Four Seasons Austin is hosting a “Pay it Forward” program, which allows guests luxury accommodations in return for community service. The non-profit organizations participating in the hotel’s package include the following:
Hotels
Luxury Gone Wild: Top Treehouse Hotels
Who said luxury was limited only inside four walls? In the backyard of hotels and resorts we frequent around the world are miles of lush landscapes just waiting to be explored and slept in. Look up the next time you’re walking through the woods and imagine a space in that tall tree, complete with all [...]
People & Culture
Through the Eyes of Love: Eileen & Rudy in New York
I saw them walking slowly out of the corner of my eye. She moved at a crawling pace, carefully shuffling her feet one in front of the other while still holding on to him. Dressed in casual tan pants, a bright orange sweater and matching cardigan, she was perfectly put together from head to toe [...]
Travel Journal
35 Travel Tips Revealed: Top Secrets of Travel Writers
Being paid to travel the world and write about it may sound like a dream job — and you’ve never heard me complain while I peck away on my computer from a cafe in Rome or an oceanfront hotel in Spain. But it’s not always as glamorous as it sounds. Travel writers encounter the same [...]
Hotels
One Brand, Two Hotels
The J.W. Marriott Hotel Los Angeles and Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles make up the $2.5 billion building in heart of the L.A. LIVE complex, boasting 1,001 rooms total (878 rooms in the J.W. Marriott and 123 rooms at the Ritz-Carlton and Ritz-Carlton Residences). While the hotels share the space as part of the luxury brand’s global [...]
People & Culture
Wanderlust: A traveling single woman learns a lot about love
“She dreams of mermaids and motorcycles and meeting a man who can dance.” I met Jason by accident. While driving through Tralee, Ireland, I hit a curb, which resulted in a flat tire and left my friend and me stranded on the side of the road. We were two women in a strange country without [...]
