San Francisco GEEK CHIC event
I’ll be at Paris fashion week, but if I was in town, this is where I’d be.
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My Lunch with Nancy Pelosi
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…
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To stay anywhere else is totally beside the point:: The Point Resort
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…
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Hotel Renew – Waikiki’s Only Boutique Hotel on Sale
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…
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Uncovering Cuba
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,…
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Day 12: Rabe de las Calzadas to Hontanas
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…
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Day 11: Burgos to Rabe de las Calzadas
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…
