10 reasons to visit Hong Kong’s NoHo
November 28, 2009 ·
Just a few minutes away from Hong Kong’s buzzing SoHo district is NoHo, its hipper, more laid-back younger cousin. Lying (as you might guess from its acronymic name) north of Hollywood Road, and occupying the length of Gough Street between Aberdeen and Shing Wong Streets, it was once mainly home to family-run shops and small [...]
St. Bart’s: Tiny Caribbean jewel for food, fashion
November 23, 2009 ·
Wheels up at the island of St. Maarten and we skim across the waters of the French West Indies to St. Barthelemy — a tiny Caribbean jewel for Francophiles, foodies and fashionistas. The island is a haven for the chic and the hip. Cutoffs rarely meet the dress code, unless they’re designed as such and [...]
Relais & Chateaux group to have more urban hotels
November 23, 2009 ·
Relais & Chateaux, an association of unique luxury hotels and gourmet restaurants, is planning to include more urban hotels. The Hotel St. Germain in Dallas, the Hotel Raphael in Rome and The Connaught in London were among 31 new properties added in November to the Relais & Chateaux collection, bringing its total membership to 475 [...]
Napa Valley’s top secrets
November 17, 2009 ·
You don’t need us to tell you that Napa Valley is a nice place to visit. What you do need is a way to lose the masses. 1. There aren’t that many vineyards Although it has casually been dubbed California’s wine country, Napa Valley is hardly the state’s largest wine-producing region (that honor goes to [...]
Eat, shop, explore Chicago’s ethnic neighborhoods
November 9, 2009 ·
From Greektown to Chinatown, from the Polish Triangle to Pakistani restaurants on Devon Street, Chicago has a wealth of diverse ethnic neighborhoods to explore. Chicago is known as a city of neighborhoods and Patricia Sullivan, manager of the city’s Chicago Neighborhood Tours program, said visitors need to leave the tourist-heavy Loop and Michigan Avenue areas [...]
Colorado offers ‘snow virgins’ a free 3-month trip
October 12, 2009 ·
People who have never seen snow or built a snowman are getting a chance to do it in Colorado, in a big way. The Colorado Tourism Office launched a contest Monday to give three “snow virgins” an expenses-paid, three-month trip to Colorado, January through March. With help from local instructors and guides, contest winners will [...]
Curry festival spices up London
October 5, 2009 ·
Britons are famed for their love of curry and, over the years, the country’s taste for South Asian food has evolved into a unique blend of cuisine specially created for British palates. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the so-called ‘curry mile’ in London’s Brick Lane, which this week celebrates what is billed as [...]
