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Hotel Review: Le Meridien Fifth Avenue, NYC
This 4-star hotel, Le Meridien Fifth Avenue, is located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan between East 30th and East 31st Streets. That makes it a stone's throw from the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, Penn Station, Macy's, and the West 34th Street shopping...
What’s Butler Service Like in a Hotel or on a Cruise?
Staying in luxury hotels, especially the ones known as “The Grand Dames,” you might be given the services of a butler if you book a suite or return as a “valued guest.” Valentin, our butler on the Uniworld River Queen. Photo by Manos Angelakis. Butlers in a luxury...
Travel News & Advice – November 15, 2024
Hotel rooms inspired by Wicked. New York Hilton Midtown hotel is collaborating with Universal Pictures to create a one-of-a-kind suite inspired by the Broadway show and upcoming movie, Wicked. Canned air? In Lake Como, they're selling cans of the local air for people...
Tim Burton’s ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Light Trail – NY Botanical Garden
In an organization known for its spectacular displays and events held both indoors and outdoors, the New York Botanical Garden’s display of “Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail” is over-the-top spectacular. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before...
Winchester, England – Not Just a Cathedral
Oops! The wine I just poured tilted to one side of the glass. Most odd. Then, looking around, seeing the low, heavily beamed ceiling and taking into account the age of this place – the house was built about six hundred years ago – I realized that, most likely, the...
Crystal Stemware for Wine Aficionados
In the past, luxury stemware preferred by wine drinkers of my father's generation were fairly thick, ornate, heavily carved, lead crystal glasses. They were produced by companies with a long history such as Baccarat, Moser, Josephinenhütte, Orrefors, Waterford,...
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Winchester, England – Not Just a Cathedral
Oops! The wine I just poured tilted to one side of the glass. Most odd. Then, looking around, seeing the low, heavily beamed ceiling and taking into account the age of this place – the house was built about six hundred years ago – I realized that, most likely, the...
Hotels, Resorts, Spas
Hotel Review: Le Meridien Fifth Avenue, NYC
This 4-star hotel, Le Meridien Fifth Avenue, is located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan between East 30th and East 31st Streets. That makes it a stone's throw from the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, Penn Station, Macy's, and the West 34th Street shopping...
Food, Wine, Spirits
Crystal Stemware for Wine Aficionados
In the past, luxury stemware preferred by wine drinkers of my father's generation were fairly thick, ornate, heavily carved, lead crystal glasses. They were produced by companies with a long history such as Baccarat, Moser, Josephinenhütte, Orrefors, Waterford,...
Cruise & Sail
Whale Watching from New York City – You Read That Right!
A lot of visitors and locals aren't aware that you can watch whales from Manhattan and Brooklyn in NYC. And I'm talking some major whale watching! I recently took a cruise from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn with American Princess Cruises, where we saw seven humpback...
Museums, Entertainment
Tim Burton’s ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Light Trail – NY Botanical Garden
In an organization known for its spectacular displays and events held both indoors and outdoors, the New York Botanical Garden’s display of “Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail” is over-the-top spectacular. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before...
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Travel News & Advice – November 15, 2024
Hotel rooms inspired by Wicked. New York Hilton Midtown hotel is collaborating with Universal Pictures to create a one-of-a-kind suite inspired by the Broadway show and upcoming movie, Wicked. Canned air? In Lake Como, they're selling cans of the local air for people...