Start dieting now for the ultimate Michelin Culinary Adventure heading for NYC, April 7-10, 2011
January 18th, 2011
Michelin Food & Travel’s www.michelinfoodandtravel.com/ star laden weekend opens with a bang Thursday, April 7th with a Champagne and caviar tasting at Petrossian, the world’s premier buyer and importer of Russian caviar. Lucky guests will then retire to the chic Surrey Hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, their home for the weekend’s events, and rest up [...]
Top last- minute stocking stuffers for travelers: the oenophile
December 21st, 2010
Let it breath. When first opened, wine is like a person coming up from being underwater – it too has to breathe and find harmony with the environment since it has been without air. Only after a fine wine is allowed to breathe can it truly achieve the potential the wine maker intended. The problem is busy [...]
Top last- minute stocking stuffers for travelers: the trendsetter
December 20th, 2010
Some trips just don’t call for packing the diamond Rolex. When you’re planning a last-minute, casual getaway TIKKR is the way to roll. Fun, fashionable, waterproof watches ensure you arrive at the airport on time and in style. Choose the original classic “White Collar” white-on-white or perhaps you lean towards the edgier “Black Market”. If your moods go [...]
Top last- minute stocking stuffers for travelers: the gourmand
December 19th, 2010
Sometimes you just aren’t by a Michelin starred restaurant and have to make do with the nearest diner. No need for a bland meal when you’re packing The Grind’s Stainless Mini Travel Salt and Pepper Grinder’s. This 4 inch Mini Stainless Travel S & P Set make a stylish addition to your jet set lifestyle. [...]
Trufflemania hits Napa!
December 15th, 2010
This weekend at the inaugural Napa Truffle Festival held at the Westin Verasa Hotel, it became clear that the world neatly divides into two distinct camps: those who would gladly trade their first born for their weight in truffles and the rest of the population. For two magical days, I was surrounded by the first–a [...]
MICHELIN starred Campton Place Restaurant offers incredible restaurant specials::San Francisco
December 3rd, 2010
When you think you’re going to scream if one more person bumps you without saying excuse me, totally cuts you in the check-out line, or makes a grab for the last aquamarine cashmere shawl you were eyeballing, then quietly put your gifts down and walk away. Take the nearest exit and head straight over to the Campton [...]
Film Fest, Feast, Sip and Sleep coming to Santa Barbara
December 2nd, 2010
Not content to merely roll out the red carpet for their 26th annual star-studded International Film Festival (which will screen over 200 films and pay tribute to 2010’s most notable performances and film) this year, Santa Barbara is pulling out all stops and turning the event into one huge lollapalooza of sensory delights. From January 27 – [...]
Blue Star Private Jets- one mobile App I aspire to use!
November 21st, 2010
Just think. Next time there’s a business crisis that only you can resolve, your daughter is having her baby NOW, or you just really want to sleep in your own bed tonight, all you have to do is touch the new Blue Star Jet Mobile App, a free mobile service that lets you quote and [...]
Celebrate the Great American Truffle at Napa Truffle Festival, Dec 10-12, 2010
November 17th, 2010
Many years ago, when I was just a fledgling travel writer, I received an invitation to join a group of Italian journalists on an unbelievably wonderful truffle tour of Marche, Italy. For one unforgettable week we sniffed, cooked, banqueted on and hunted the fantastic fungi. It was an all too brief love affair that no [...]
Forget the pearly gates- The Golden Door is Sheer Heaven
October 21st, 2010
I was a bit worried when I received my invite to spend a week at California’s famed Golden Door Spa. This grand dame of the spa world has been around for over 50 years and I wasn’t sure how it would hold up in comparison to all the new, fancier, state-of-the-art spas. After experiencing seven [...]
