Category: travel
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So, prunes?
While traveling in Morocco, we wandered into a restaurant for dinner. With all the French I could muster, I deciphered the menu. The lamb with prunes caught my eye as an American who in no way would think to eat that dried fruit with anything, let alone a gamey meat. But given my experience with…
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An addition to my hotel wish list
As I reviewed my list of hotels I want to visit, I noticed something. When I’m thinking about where I want to travel, I typically think of the U.S. and Europe. Add to that, I don’t think I have come up with a hotel that is a must-see for me based in Africa. Today, I’ll…
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Where I want to go
As much as I like to write about travel, I’m realizing now that I don’t travel all that much. It seems like I hit up variations of the same city. (New York, I am still trying to learn you.) But if my finances were to change, I have a growing list of places I want…
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Try this food haven on your next L.A. trip
The Uber driver told me that there was one place that I should definitely go to try food in Los Angeles: The Farmer’s Market. He did warn me that it isn’t a real farmer’s market. It is however a collection of stalls of individual vendors. It’s a great place to go if you want to…
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So, this is not a review of the J.W. Marriott L.A. Live, per se
I walked up to the door at the J.W. Marriott L.A. Live and the evidence of renovations happening was apparent. Perhaps too apparent. The jackhammer going just feet from the front desk made my exchange with the receptionist look like a silent film. I resolved to drop my bag off and just return to check…
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You already have a vacation home
I had some vacation time to use up. It was set to expire. Even though I had no trips planned, it was a use-it-or-lose-it situation. I chose to use it. I submitted the time, set my out-of-office message, and headed off. A few relaxing afternoons without rushing about between appointments. The freedom to linger in…
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This is what I wish every hotel room would include
I’ve been thinking about this for a while. I traveled quite a bit in the last few years, with the specific focus on what various hotel properties provide. Sometimes I was amazed by what I received, other times I found them lacking. As a result I’ve come together with a list of what I wish…
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Why it may be worth it to stay at a luxury hotel
For some people, a luxury hotel is just not worth it. They look at the cost and immediately start looking elsewhere, or after they rant about the ridiculousness of it all. For others though, they see luxury and see the perfect spot for a future vacation. Perhaps that’s you. Or maybe it could be. Here’s…
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Are luxury hotels worth it?
At this point, I have been reviewing multiple hotels, with an emphasis on getting to know luxury hotels where possible. At the heart of that was wanting to answer the question for myself, “Are luxury hotels really worth the money?” If you will be out from sun up to late evening and will only be…
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The most beautiful cameo in The Devil Wears Prada 2 isn’t a person
If you watched the trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2, you see Miranda Priestly, standing alone at night in a shopping center. The location is the middle of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, a famed luxury shopping haven in Milan. There you’ll find pretty much all of the luxury brands you can think of, surrounded…
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