After my lunch with Madame Speaker Pelosi, I know one thing for certain; she was nowhere near Bryant Park this week. Actually, fashion is not her gig. She hates shopping and prefers function over fashion. It makes sense. After all, she is the most powerful female politician in the United States. Mrs. Pelosi doesn’t need…
Back in the day William A. Rockefeller Sr. built one terrific lodge for entertaining, fishing, and hunting in Upper Lake Saranac. “Big Bill,” as he was known to both pals and frenemies, fashioned his Great Camp in what later came to be called the Adirondack style- a pleasing combination of rustic and luxe. Situated on…
We’ve only got a couple months to go until things start getting cold and slushy around here – which means now might be the time to book that vacation to Hawaii! Hotel Renew, located in beautiful Waikiki, Honolulu, is offering a bunch of different special offers for fall. Guests who book four or more nights…
Before landing on the somewhat illicit island of Cuba, I was pretty optimistic. Heck, what could be so wrong with the destination that claims to be the birthplace of Mojitos? I was sure that the drama about the Cuban Missile Crisis and its communist propaganda were just more American media hyperbole. As a world traveler,…
I generally am not one of those “early to bed, early to rise” pilgrims. I’m usually one of the last pilgrims to stumble out of the albergue at about 7:30, bleary eyed and mumling something about a cafe con leche. This morning however, I couldn’t get out of the albergue fast enough. I literally got…
It’s official. I can charm the pants off any old Spanish man. Do I want to see an old Spanish man with his pants off? NO. Leaving Burgos today I randomly struck up a conversation with a smiling man while waiting for the light to change. When he found out where I was from, he…
Hey ya’ll! Thanks for stopping by. The details for Shams Ensemble can be found HERE. Details for the San Francisco concert: What: Shams Ensemble presents “Voices of Freedom” The ensemble produced a song for Iran’s Green Revolution loosely translated from Farsi as “The Cry for Change,” and it became the anthem for action and involvement….