Film and cinema are an important part of global culture and travel. Tango Diva explores movie stories, festivals, cinematic destinations, and the connection between cinematic art, culture, and place.
You hear about those freak accidents that totally change people’s lives. They take a left turn, instead of a right and they get hit by a bus. Or, like the recent bird flu deaths cause by young women picking feathers off dead swans. Well, my tale is not that dramatic, but it could have been….
Just when I thought nothing could get any better than my naked night of thunder and lighting, my next night at Banyan Tree was just as exceptional. I experienced the Spa Ryokan treatment, which goes from 7:00 pm to 1:00 pm the next day. I was given my own therapist who served as my private…
Oh, some of my favorite things in life include: fitting into a pair a jeans that I haven’t wore since college, finding those to-die-for stilettos half price, and my all time favorite…. UNEXPECTED UPGRADES!! Yes, dear readers, you have one happy jet setter sitting in Bangkok right now. Mere minutes before my flight on Thai…
by Susan Mary McReynolds I confess. Up until just a few years ago, I was still a virgin tippler. But I took a deep breath and plunged right into the fragrant well of Scottish single malt whisky. Serendipity made me do it. My good friend Sheila, a Glasgow native, had two tickets to Whiskies of…
by Cheryl Dalhe In December of 2001, writer Cheryl Dahle visited the frozen continent with two polar explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, whose story she was researching and writing. This is the story of her trip. The book about the explorers, No Horizon is So Far, is available from Penguin Paperback (www.bancroftarnesenexplore.com). * *…
by Janet Bein, Young at Heart Diva When I first heard about Toscana Mia, a Bay Area–based group offering luxurious, customized tours of gorgeous Tuscany, Italy (with enticing names like “Live Like A Tuscan” and “Under Your Tuscan/Amalfi/Rome Sun”) I jumped at the chance to meet with the group’s founder and tour leader, Serenella Leone,…
Ram climbed the mountain with a pot of tea to surprise us when we descended from the glacier, exhausted and dehydrated. I’ll always carry his sheepish, proud smile with me, along with the memory of that delicious tea, the taste of nectar. This and many other remembrances of Nepal will stay with me. Mountains. Mists….
