Feeling Crabby? Steer Straight (tho mind the curves) to Mendocino, Ca.
This cold, gray stormy weather can really make you crabby – in a good way. The best thing about January is that it’s Dungeness Crab season
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Style: The Gorgeous Guide to Europe in Five Days
by Michelle McDermott Shopping and checking in to Boutique Hotels are two of my favorite things. So much so, that I even have my own website dedicated to these pursuits! [www.ohsoboutique.com] With one week’s vacation time and a clutch of travel tickets, here’s how you can visit three European cities, stay in the best boutique…
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Style: Stephanie’s Personal Secret Holiday Dream List
by Stephanie Block Take a secret peek into my often sordid dreams and see what I hope is under the Christmas tree! (Hanuka bush? Kwanza calla lily?) On the first day of a non-denominational, secular holiday, my true love (yeah, right, I can’t even get him to pay for a meal) gave to me… Twelve…
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Is There Such a Thing As a Beer Sommelier? :: San Francisco, Ca.
I’ll have to remember to ask Chef Bruce Paton, who simply refers to himself as a Beer-Chef, when I see him at his next Beer & Food Pairing Dinner, which features the finely crafted ales of Pelican Pub and Brewery. If you’ve never been to one of the Beer-Chef’s dinners, you are in for a…
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Wines and Wishes (and some mighty tasty dishes) ::Treasure Island, San Francisco
“If you could wish for anything . . .what would it be?” The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation asks just this question and then does everything in their power to grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.And YOU can play an important fairy-godmother role, by buying your tickets to the 7th annual Wines…
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Another Day, Another Butler…
First the Burj Al Arab, now the g-Suite at the Palms in Vegas! I had an epic Vegas weekend! Of course most of it I can’t tell you about, but here’s what I can say: The Suites: I was in the g-Suite, fashioned after the hip, must-see ghostbar on the 55th floor of the Palms,…
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Whadduya Mean–You Don’t Have a Spa Elder?:: Fern Tree Spa, Jamaica
I’m trying to write my list of New Year’s resolutions, although who are we kidding? I can basically just forward myself last year’s list and simply change the date cuz they are always more or less the same: 1. I will stop eating when I am full no matter how delish the food is. 2….
