Hawaii’s Still The Ultimate Island Getaway
Imagine a land where the extraordinary is ordinary — daily rainbows, endless waterfalls, same-day surfing and snow skiing and championship golf bordering water hazards known as the Pacific Ocean. In short . . . imagine Hawaii. Surrounded by the world’s largest body of water, Hawaii is earth’s most geographically isolated land mass. Situated in the [...]
“When the world seems to shine like you’ve had too much wine, that’s amore,” sang crooner Dean Martin. Nowhere do the lyrics ring truer than in northern Italy, the upper portion of the boot-shaped country where regional foods and wines stroll arm in arm with the surrounding terrain like eternally intertwined lovers. In this locale, [...]
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The faint chime of cowbells amid a high altitude backdrop, an up close and personal view of a snow topped “wedding cake” mountain and an impulsive dip in a natural springs pool only yards from the crashing sea; all are mere perks of traversing the globe by hiking its trails. Motives vary: from searching for [...]
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My birthplace, Dallas, has transformed from a mid-sized Texas town to a booming metropolis since that fateful day in November, 1963. Along the way, on President’s Day, 1989, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, in the Texas School Book Depository – a building that shares an infamous place in history with the Ford Theatre [...]
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Hidden from modern civilization until Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, the Peruvian site is a relative newcomer to the world’s stage of not-to-be-missed wonders. Named the “lost city” by Bingham, the historic ruin is the most prominent legacy of the Incans and has the distinction of being on both the World [...]
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Tapas are to Spain what pasta is to Italy, tea is to England, dim sum is to Hong Kong. So what better way to get a taste of España than through an edible tour of the capital city? My advice when in Madrid: a guided night of tapeo, which showcases this Spanish pastime while eliminating [...]
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Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough.” Mark Twain On a lukewarm Kentucky evening beneath a full moon, crickets chirp and a trio of musical locals sings bluegrass. The setting is a wrap-around porch. You’re rocking in a chair and sipping fine bourbon. It’s a made-for-movie moment [...]
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Like Cher and Madonna, a one-word name suffices. Say “Rancho” in the spa world and the assumption is Rancho La Puerta. A first-class fitness and health spa mere miles from the U.S.’s southern border, it’s in the town of Tecateat, the base of 3,885-foot Mt. Kuchumaa—revered and named by Native Americans as “the exalted high [...]
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At sea a mere two days to become acquainted with Celebrity Eclipse, the most recent of the cruise line’s premium Solstice Class ships, I had a dilemma. How to spend a leisurely hour of my precious but limited time? Among my choices: relax in Café al Bacío over a cup of Expresso Macchiato and Pistacchio [...]
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After receiving yellow fever, typhoid, tetanus and Hepatitis A shots, going on malaria tablets, purchasing a mosquito net for my face, buying insect repellent with deet and quizzing anyone who has traveled within 500 miles of the Amazon rainforest, I was ready for my ensuing adventure. “The mosquitoes are bad,” warned a recent visitor. “Avoid [...]
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I travel, and travel a lot. So when I have an exceptionally pleasant airline experience, I like to share it. May I introduce you to AirBerlin? Though it’s Germany’s second largest airline (after Lufthansa), Europe’s sixth largest airline and flies to 162 destinations in 40 countries, its presence has been a lower profile one on [...]
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The facts are clear: Golf is a top leisure activity of the typical Carmel Valley resident and Hawaii is a frequent vacation spot. So, local travel writer Cynthia Dial headed to Maui in search of offerings that appeal to the most discriminatory among us. “If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt.” Dean Martin Hawaii [...]
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