Summertime Family Fun In Whistler – Feeding the Kids

Elements Urban Tapas with furry friend

A Variety of Food Choices and Prices There are many choices of restaurants in Whistler, you can get anything from Dairy Queen to sushi.  The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Center Café is an ideal place to start off an afternoon.  Leave your fear of carbs behind:  both my little girl and I fell in love with [...]

Cleveland’s Cuisine: Lucky’s & Tommy’s

Lucky's Cafe, Photos by: Trishna Patel

Lucky’s cafe is a small diner tucked way in the heart of Tremont, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Cleveland. It’s a spot locals frequent in addition to “outta-towners,” privy to insider information. Named Cleveland’s best brunch in 2010, I liken the experience to gaining ” foodie street cred.” It’s hard to believe head chef and [...]

Summerfest With a Side of Milwaukee

Largest music festival in the world

  Every time I mention going to Summerfest to anyone from the Midwest, I get an overwhelming positive response.  Since 1966 it has been a highly anticipated annual festival for music lovers living in or near Wisconsin.  This Milwaukee rite of passage is actually an affordable and fun travel destination for the rest of us too. What I [...]

2012 Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival

Giada De Laurentiis

Last night I attended the opening night of the second annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival (LAFW) thanks to my good friend Mike Freed.

Cartagena, Colombia: Where the Caribbean meets Latin America

The view from the roof top pool of the Hotel Charleston Santa Teresa.

Tourist Towns – we’ve all been to one. These are the places where we’re herded in groups through areas that found their way onto the well-worn tourist track. These places are recognizable by their parking lots for tourist buses, sunburnt tourists and the “local” restaurants that have menus in seven different languages. Cartagena, a picture-perfect [...]

Lexington, Kentucky – The Southern Starting Line

Kentucky Marquee (640x480)

You may feel like you’ve outdone the staycation thing as we continue down the road of tightening the belt buckle in the U.S.  There are other options. After you tally up the expenses of getting into overpriced theme parks, paying for gas to get there and feeding  the troops $7 hot dogs, other vacation choices [...]

Lexington, Kentucky — Horses

Red Giant (640x480)

Three Chimney’s Farm If you love horses, farms or the incredibly interesting business of horse racing and breeding, Three Chimney’s Farm is a fascinating place to spend some time learning the process rearing and raising superior race horses.  This is the home farm of the renowned Seattle Slew, the only horse to win the triple [...]

Lexington, Kentucky — The Races

Ready to Race at Keeneland (640x566)

Keeneland Keeneland Race Course ties together the heart, soul and guts of Lexington. This is a not-for-profit course where the horses, bourbon and people converge into a big day out.  Horse racing is exciting to begin with, but being in Kentucky, let alone Lexington, raises the fun to a whole new level. From the general [...]