Destination Review: China: Shanghaied by Shopping
You can tell a lot about a place by shopping in it. Are the prices high? Are they fixed? Or, like China, is there some magical wiggle room? Because when you can haggle, the possibilities open up like orange blossoms, and soon shopping becomes something more than just a thing about things. When you can…
Review: Event Review San Francisco, California: Opera in the Park
by Ashley Roof As I walk past the tennis courts of Sharon Meadow in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, I hear the familiar sounds of this oasis in the city. The dimmed honking of car horns, screeching of buses, and wailing of sirens drift through the trees, joining the grunts of enthusiastic tennis players and…
Activity Review: Quebec, Canada: Parc National de Miguasha, a Universal Treasure
by Sheila O’Connor If you’re up for some digging into the past, you might want to consider heading to Quebec’s fossil garden. We all depend on our history. And one place Divas can discover it is the Parc National de Miguasha in the Gaspésie region of northern Quebec. This is a world-renowned fossil site, containing…
Destination Review: Panama Paradise
by Karla Erovick A mesmerizing place that is not readily understood but richly experienced, Panama offers a plethora of rich cultural experiences to keep you coming back, whatever vacation you are in search of: spa resort on a serene island, eco-tourism immersion, cosmopolitan highlife, surfing safari, sport fishing, scuba-diving in incredible coral reefs on two…
Destination Review: Charleston, USA: An Art Lover’s Nirvana
Charleston, South Carolina is a piece of art all in itself. The city scene, its characters, and its eccentricities could be ripped out of the pages of a nineteenth-century novel. Adding to Charleston’s aesthetic are the artists themselves: sweet ladies weaving grass baskets in the old slave market and around the city, painters recreating city…
Destination Review: Italy: A Diva’s Guide to Staying Cool in Florence
If Florence is your destination this summer, escape the heat and travel the stiletto-path less beaten with Kate Horan as your guide. A Californian who frequents the city four times a year for her accessory boutique Sorelle Bionde, Kate provides the following hit list—along with some helpful Italian phrases—for sipping, flirting, shopping, eating, and relaxing…