Le Cordon Bleu Paris

Le Cordon Bleu, Paris

I’m passionate about food and cooking. Cookbooks – I have hundreds.  I love trying new recipes and experimenting with exotic ingredients.  Over the years I’ve attended many a cooking class, often during my travels to learn about ethnic cuisines yet I had never attended one in France.  Shame!  Now is … Read more

Paradis Plage yoga spa

Top Six Healthy Autumn Holidays

With fall right around the corner and the summer heat subsiding, TravelSquire is bringing you six beautiful locations to rejuvenate, de-stress, and return to nature. Whether spending a few weeks practicing yoga lakeside, sun kissed by the Maldivian sun, or hiking through the radiant Italian country side why not take … Read more

Saddlebrook tennis resort

Top Five Tennis Holidays

For two and a half weeks every year New York City comes alive with the tennis elite at the U.S. Open and even diehard Yankees fans suddenly find themselves tuning in to watch the action at Flushing Stadium. With Rafael Nadal turning up the heat on his opponents this year … Read more

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The Kentucky Bourbon Trail

In Kentucky horses are everything; except maybe for bourbon.  I thought I knew enough about the legendary liquid – how to make a perfect Manhattan.  But when I hit the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, an integral part of a visit to Louisville, Kentucky, my Manhattans were infinitely improved. Bourbon history is … Read more

mt. Eden Auckland city evening

Auckland, City of Sails

Of all the big cities I’ve lived in so far (including both New York and London), Auckland is my favorite – hands down.  Where else can you go sailing after work, stroll a beach less than an hour’s drive away (think Karekare Beach of The Piano fame) and bask in … Read more