Travel Portland’s web site lists hospitality and retail members who have a certification on file from one of several organizations that certify businesses as “green.”
If GREEN is important to you – then make wise choices
Allison Neves has more than 25 years of communications and public relations experience, providing strategic counsel and overseeing integrated marketing campaigns for a wide range of clients, from healthcare and consumer brands to non-profit organizations and high-tech companies.
When she's not trying to save the world one press release at a time, Allison enjoys exploring the San Francisco restaurant scene, traveling to exotic locales and uncovering her family roots in China, El Salvador and Portugal.
After running the race of her life, she lost her life. Eight Belles…20-1 odds, the only filly in the field at the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby, and yesterday at the Kentucky Oaks, her trainer, Larry Jones, saw his other star gal, Proud Spell, take the Oaks by storm and bring home the victory….
Over the last decade, Montreal has quietly reinvented itself into a hip and happenin’ city. Eclectic neighborhoods are everywhere, perfect for meandering, while the food scene has evolved light years from the tired old coq au vin days. The city is brimming with creative, artsy types and full of youthful optimism. It’s as if someone…
JetBlue has this crazy special going on between Sept and Oct that you can fly anywhere they fly for $599. Could it be like all-you-can-eat? If so, that seems a bit scary to me. I’m not a big fan of buffets and you know that the crab claws are always gone, while the Jell-o salad…
The world is awash in new museums and concert halls! This list is by no means complete; if your borough is getting a new building, definitely let us know. Berlin’s Bode Museum just opened last month, a historic edifice known for sculpture, art and coins, sitting pretty on Berlin’s Museum Island (Museumsinsel). Berlin has been…
Stalking the Great White…….Asparagus :: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Baden-Wuerttemberg is Germany’s third largest state and home to the famed Black Forest, the premier spa town: Baden-Baden, Cuckoo Clocks and one of the most productive asparagus regions in Germany. While Americans eagerly await Groundhog’s Day to hopefully announce the beginning of spring, in Germany spring is heralded…
Healdsburg restaurant Spoonbar at h2hotel and Waterbar in San Francisco take carbon footprints seriously. To maintain the high quality of meals and drinks while lowering their impact on the Earth they are proud to announce community programs asking locals to bring in fruit from their backyard trees. The fruit, picked at the peak of freshness…