While waiting on standby in LAX last nite I learned that one can get a massage at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas! WOW. This is good info to know. Further reading led me to the fact that they have the first gym facility of its kind in a major airport. 24 Hour Fitness -with…
Receive a $50 Phoenician Gift Card & Rates from $209 per night! I stayed at tthe Phoenician last summer and really loved my huge room and the sparkling pools. The Phoenician is on the 2005 Conde Nast Traveler Gold List and I earned lots of Starwood points! The Centre for Well-Being Spa saved me on…
by Christie O’Keefe Picture yourself on a long stretch of white sand beach. You’re carrying your brand new Gucci tote and you’re enjoying an aperitif while watching the sun set over the ocean. Checking your watch, you realize you need to leave for your dinner reservation at a chic restaurant owned by a famous chef….
by Bobbie Green Along Nevada’s I-15 corridor, you will find the blooming little town of Mesquite. As tourism goes, it is still a clandestine destination—making it all the more wonderful for those who have already discovered it. Mesquite was founded as a Mormon farming community over 100 years ago along the Virgin River in a…
Whether you’re a Republican or Democrat, and no matter where on earth you live, what happened at the very first annual YearlyKos gathering of the netroots (as opposed to grassroots- Internet roots) should be an inspiration to us all. Over the weekend in Las Vegas, at the historically kooky off-strip Riviera Hotel, 1000 very informed…
by Shauna Billings Mykonos is called The White Island because of its whitewashed houses and churches that dust the low, rolling hilltops like powdered sugar. It could also be named The Blue Island, for to experience Mykonos is to finally see the color blue, in all its intricacies, for the very first time. The doorways…
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). * *…
