It’s funny how many times I have a post planned when someone else writes about the same subject. Normally, I scrap the post and start over which I debated doing today but decided to leave it as is since we probably don’t have all the same readers and it was the perfect follow up to […]

As I sit at my desk in front of my window and watch it snow once again, I am thinking about escaping. I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve never visited Venice.  I hope to remedy this situation this summer if not before and hopefully with a stay at the newly renovated Gritti Palace Hotel. After […]

I will say that I was shocked at the size of my room at the Hotel Bourg Tibourg when I checked in but the point is that you’re in Paris and shouldn’t really be in your room anyway.  The hotel which is part of the Costes family of hotels, which means all the same amazing […]

When I visited Los Angeles last year, I stayed a big “too cool for school” hotel where I felt like no one cared who I was or how I was doing.  That’s why on this trip, I decided to stay at the Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills again.  I stayed at the hotel three years ago […]