Granada Hotel: San Luis Obispo Lux Living
Ah, the beautiful Granada Hotel in San Luis Obispo. What a welcome sight after driving four hours down the coast from San Francisco.
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The CULT of KRINGLE
KRINGLE: WISCONSIN’S POORLY KEPT SECRETNo matter where you live there’s probably a favorite local food, a treat that expats wax rhapsodic about. Besides being America’s Dairyland, Wisconsinites, known as Cheese Heads, love their cheese (duh), beer, Chubs (fish), and bratwurst. Then there is the Kringle. WHAT THE HECK IS A KRINGLE?Step into the way-back machine…
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Affordable Organic Cotton Face Masks by AVOCADO
Searching for masks has been a frustration for all of us in these challenging COVID-19 times. It is a new world where a mask is now an essential wardrobe accessory. I have been shopping for a well-made washable mask for weeks, navigating eBay and retailers online. The lightweight paper-thin dust masks found at my…
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Armisted Maupin’s Tales of the City
The Netflix mini-series Tales of the City had its world premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM). Armistead Maupin’s Tales began in 1976 as a popular serialized column in the San Francisco Chronicle. The story began with the newly arrived Mary Ann, naive, and wide-eyed as she meets her eccentric fellow tenants on…
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Road Trip: California to Colorado
It started out innocently, a road trip from San Francisco to a friend’s ranch in Colorado. Our jaunty vacation soon turned into a lesson on the wilds of country life. Turns out this Diva had forgotten quite a bit of her Girl Scout survival skills. More on that later. Unaware of impending natural and human…
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Hotel Heritage Bruges: Refined Old World Hospitality
A creature of habit, I happily return to my favorite haunts when in need of a travel fix. Europe and South America seem to dominate my short list in terms of desirable destinations. Perhaps, it is really true that one can never get too much of history, culture and architecture. And, let us not forget…
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The Passage Hotel Basel: Modern Comfort with an Artistic Flair
Located on a main road just on the edge of the Old Town Basel, The Passage is a creative hotel concept offering modern comfort.
