If you’re thinking about spending some time in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, anytime soon, beyond attending one of the numerous festivals offered to visitors year-round in Canada’s “Festival City”, you won’t have any difficulty planning the libations for a little spontaneous party in your hotel room. Why? The province’s … Read more
It isn’t easy to match a single word with every hotel you’ve experienced in your travels but word association comes easy when it comes to the Windsor Arms in Toronto – discreet. You realize this at check-in when you’re introduced to your butler. Don’t think starched collar and white gloves, … Read more
A black bear flips over giant beach boulders as though they were mere rubber balls then paws at rock crabs hiding underneath – a bountiful seafood feast at the water’s edge. We watch transfixed for a good ten minutes, before motoring slowly out of Ucluelet. Ucluelet and its more gentrified … Read more
While New England embodies fall in America, Tuscany is the place to spend autumn in Europe. With warm days and cool nights, options are almost endless and it is still warm enough for swimming in a pool, hopefully one at Adler Thermae. Fill your day with mushroom and truffle hunting … Read more
When you just want to kick back and enjoy some of life’s creature comforts what do you do? You go for broke and spoil yourself rotten, that’s what! The kind of activities we like (none of them “high energy” we promise) will make you forget about the hectic last few … Read more
What’s the first thing you notice when summer turns to fall in Canada? It’s the color … especially in Southern Alberta, our neck of the woods, where autumn hits early and the low hanging, late afternoon sun lights up the landscape like a movie screen. This is peak hiking season, … Read more
It’s a well-known fact that celebrities enjoy the best of the best, and never more so than when they’re pampering themselves. Whether they’ve been forced to endure an excruciatingly long day on set, countless hours of interviews or painful moments in a makeup chair, the jet set fully believe in … Read more
Cities, restaurants, temples, shops, markets? Cultural experiences? Museums? Bars, late night jazz clubs? Dancing? Drinking? Who needs any of it? Japan offers, instead, a unique and magical one of a kind opportunity to explore the depths of your soul, and live to tell the tale. Ryokans, a type of … Read more
Everyone will admit that no matter how large the living space, a little more storage is a premium that’s sometimes tough to come by. From my own perspective, I own four suitcases (1 large, 2 medium and 1 small) as well as five or six smaller personal bags (don’t get … Read more
For decades, Antwerp has scored high for its coolness quotient. Situated in Belgium’s northwest province of Flanders, its second-largest city put itself on the map in the late 80’s when a group of fashion school graduates threw their designs into the back of a rented truck and headed to … Read more
What makes The Spa at Miami’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Florida’s only five star rated spa by Forbes travel guide? Forbes was clearly impressed, first, by the intimate lobby scented with jasmine and toned by tranquil music. Guests are treated like royalty at this posh but not pretentious resort away from … Read more
Though September sadly signifies the end of summer, celebrity children are lucky enough that their parents can afford to take them away wherever and whenever. However, even A-list mothers like Heidi Klum and Victoria Beckham know that they have to take relatively quick trips so that their offspring don’t miss … Read more
When most people hear the word Andalusia, they think of bullfighting and flamenco, not sherry. Often mistaken as sweet, this fortified wine might be the most misunderstood beverage around. Your grandma may have had a dusty bottle of the elegantly sweet Harvey’s Bristol Cream inside the sideboard but most sherry … Read more
Hot on the heels of the upcoming fall and winter resort season, the Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is gearing up to present a compelling selection of almost 40 films for the 2012 season from October 4-7. In addition to the roster of screenings, this year’s festivities will … Read more
There’s never enough time in Berlin to see and do everything but I thought I’d give it my best shot recently on a whirlwind weekend in the German capital. A friend told me about an interesting neighborhood that she likened to the “SoHo of Berlin” called the Hackesche Hofe in … Read more