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Music Review: Temptations and Four Tops Celebrate 40th Anniversary
The Temptations’ and the Four Tops’ 40th anniversary tour performance was a blast from the past ... and a really great time was had by all! Thank you, New Jersey Performance Art Center (NJPAC), for bringing those still incredible artists to Newark. Motown was a force...
Captain Sandy’s Checklist to Prep Your Boat for Spring
If you own a boat, it's time to prep it for spring. Captain Sandra Yawn, star of Bravo’s "Below Deck Mediterranean," offers her checklist below to make sure you're all ready for the warmer weather. Captain Sandy is a world-renowned mega-yacht captain with more than 30...
Hotel & Spa Review: The Gainsborough, Bath Spa: A Historic Wellness Stay
I was in town for a look at the city’s celebrations surrounding Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary and staying at the Gainsborough Bath Spa in England. While the hotel’s buildings would have been around when Austen wrote her groundbreaking novels, they were not a hotel...
Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2025
May is the month when flowering trees are in bloom, the air is permeated with fragrance, and the sounds of coughing and sneezing can be heard throughout the land. This Mother’s Day, we are more than ever before suffering from the effects of climate change and are...
Travel News and Advice – April 15, 2025
New route for the Orient Express. Belmond’s Venice Simplon-Orient Express has added a new route originating in Paris and traveling through the French countryside and then through Tuscany. Sounds divine. If you do this, please let me know! Another luxury train...
Obsession Symphony Wine with Food Pairings
Obsession Wines of Northern California kindly sent me a sample bottle of their white Symphony 2023 wine, along with a kit to make their suggested foods to pair with it. Obsession Symphony wine. Photo courtesy of Ironstone Vineyards. The kit included a jar of garlicky...
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São Simão, Brazil: Rising Above The Depths
As my small fishing skiff skimmed over the vast expanse of Lake Azul in the tiny city of São Simão on the Goiás and Minas Gerais border in Brazil, I was unaware that beneath these impressive waters lie the ruins of an old settlement once inhabited by diamond miners...
Hotels, Resorts, Spas
Hotel & Spa Review: The Gainsborough, Bath Spa: A Historic Wellness Stay
I was in town for a look at the city’s celebrations surrounding Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary and staying at the Gainsborough Bath Spa in England. While the hotel’s buildings would have been around when Austen wrote her groundbreaking novels, they were not a hotel...
Food, Wine, Spirits
Obsession Symphony Wine with Food Pairings
Obsession Wines of Northern California kindly sent me a sample bottle of their white Symphony 2023 wine, along with a kit to make their suggested foods to pair with it. Obsession Symphony wine. Photo courtesy of Ironstone Vineyards. The kit included a jar of garlicky...
Cruise & Sail
Captain Sandy’s Checklist to Prep Your Boat for Spring
If you own a boat, it's time to prep it for spring. Captain Sandra Yawn, star of Bravo’s "Below Deck Mediterranean," offers her checklist below to make sure you're all ready for the warmer weather. Captain Sandy is a world-renowned mega-yacht captain with more than 30...
Museums, Entertainment
Music Review: Temptations and Four Tops Celebrate 40th Anniversary
The Temptations’ and the Four Tops’ 40th anniversary tour performance was a blast from the past ... and a really great time was had by all! Thank you, New Jersey Performance Art Center (NJPAC), for bringing those still incredible artists to Newark. Motown was a force...
Travel Advice, News
Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2025
May is the month when flowering trees are in bloom, the air is permeated with fragrance, and the sounds of coughing and sneezing can be heard throughout the land. This Mother’s Day, we are more than ever before suffering from the effects of climate change and are...