As adults, it’s often easy to forget the remarkable childhood capability we all once had to get excited by the little pleasures in life. Work, everyday responsibilities and our own “to-do” lists often replace some of the carefree-no-worries-in-the-world fun. While vacationing in the United Arab Emirates last week, I found a way to recapture all […]
November 22, 2013
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Crowded Tourist Experiences: Are They Worth It?
While inside the Vatican complex in Rome, all I could see in front of me was an endless sea of humanity. Vatican security staff used ropes to block certain entrances and force the crowds to take the long route, away from the most direct entrance to the Sistine Chapel via a maze of small collection rooms within […]
November 20, 2013
Living In London: My Observations After Two Years
Living in London….incredible, gratifying, aggravating, memorable, frustrating, exciting. All of these descriptions could accurately match my feelings at certain points in time over the last two years. In less than two months, I’ll be moving back to the New York City area, the place I used to call home for eight years prior to my […]
November 13, 2013
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Belgian Beer In Hong Kong; De Belgie
Our travel itinerary often feels incomplete without a special line item for Craft Beer, but Hong Kong was not a place we ever expected to find it. Jim had to work at his firm’s Hong Kong office for 18 days, while I was using the opportunity to explore the city and concentrate on my travel […]
November 10, 2013
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Where To Go For Thanksgiving In London
I thought I could go without turkey. I had stuffed myself with it every year for 30+ years before so what was one Thanksgiving without it? After all, I was lucky. Jim and I were flying to Vienna, Austria for the long weekend on Thanksgiving night, a trip guaranteed to be memorable. But when Thanksgiving […]
November 7, 2013
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Two Nights in Granada, Spain
Indescribable Beauty I’ve spent weeks contemplating how to begin this article other than using cliche words like “Beautiful, Charming, Breathtaking, Awe-Inspiring” but in this case it’s unavoidable. The town of Granada, Spain really is all of these things and it ranks high on my list of “Most Beautiful European Spots Ever”. Here’s a short […]
November 1, 2013
4 Craft Beer Bars To Visit In Rome
Rome. The eternal city. What do you picture when you think of Rome? Ancient ruins, the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Vatican city, the Pantheon…the list goes on and on. Well, how about some wonderful Italian craft beer bars too! Open Baladin Rome After you’ve braved the chaotic Roman traffic, and elbowed through tourists all day to […]
October 29, 2013
Hong Kong First Impressions
Jet-lagged and exhausted from zero sleep on the 12-hour flight from London, I stepped out into the maze of Hong Kong streets, tunnels & walkways in the Central neighborhood feeling dazed and confused. This was my first time ever in this part of the world, but I’d have 18 full days in this city (most of […]
December 4, 2013
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