Travels
February 2013 sponsored by: Amercian Express
Sweden's Ice Hotel
How cold is it really?
By: Will McGough
When people ask me what some of my top memories are as a travel writer, staying at an ice hotel is always something I bring up. It stands out because of the unique experience it offers visitors, the fact that there are on ....
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Merrion Hotel
High Tea in Dublin
By: Jessica Colley
When visiting new places, I am a big fan of getting on the local schedule. Eat when the locals eat. Eat what the locals eat. When I first moved to Dublin, I was intrigued about the tradition of afternoon tea – but I also ....
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January 2013 sponsored by: Jet Blue
Island Gems
From Azores to Whitsunday
By: Denise Pulis
I have always been fascinated by islands, especially small ones, maybe because I was born on one myself. A water-surrounded piece of land simply and inexplicably has a different feel to it, created, one might say, by the open a ....
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December 2012 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com
The Chanler at Cliff Walk
Newport, RI
By: Chuck Taylor
Historic Newport Rhode Island was the epicenter of the gilded age in America. The colossal mansions on Bellevue Avenue are symbols of America’s rise to becoming a world power during the industrial age.Congressman John Win ....
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October 2012 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com
Discover Maine
Enjoy Vacationland
By: Charles Greenfield
As a kid my family once spent a fabulous summer in Maine. We stayed in a boarding house (before the advent of trendy B&Bs), ate lots of lobster and gobbled down blueberry pie. At a local fair I got lost and a state troop ....
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Monastero Santa Rosa
Best Amalfi Coast Views
By: R. Daniel Foster
Cloistered nuns and sacred virgins were the furthest thought from my mind when staying at the Monastero Santa Rosa on Italy’s famed Amalfi Coast. Yet my room had once housed them more than 300 years ago.
The proper ....
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September 2012 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com
The Grand Hotel
Minneapolis, MN
By: R. Daniel Foster
As a boy, the Minneapolis Athletic Club struck me as a storied, even hallowed space. Built in 1915, the premier “Gentlemen’s Club” was where the best boxers trained. Later, it served as training groun ....
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August 2012 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com
Glenmere Mansion
Relais & Chateaux Luxury
By: Jessica Colley
There’s no escape from the city quite like a soak in a huge freestanding tub.
Tossing aside a fluffy robe, I sank into the steaming water, a whimsical rubber ducky already lost in a deep sea of suds. I could have ....
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