17Hundred90 Inn Restaurant – Savannah
Last night, we revisited 17Hundred90 Inn Restaurant in downtown historical Savannah. It had been a while since I had been there and I’ve been itching to try the actual restaurant instead of simply the bar with the bar menu. The restaurant is purportedly haunted and is...
How to Set Your Destination Wedding Budget
It seems so easy….so clear cut….a FREE destination wedding with a certain number of nights in a certain type of room. Free is typically never completely free…there’s the fine print…the limitations to the “free” package. A Destination Wedding can still be a great...
Hotel Review: Secrets Wild Orchid & Secrets St. James, Jamaica
The beautiful waters of Jamaica beckon me from time to time. It was the very first Caribbean Island I ever visited and those crystal clear blue waters sing to me. Jamaica has been off my radar for a few years because of negative feedback that I feel is being addressed...
A Girl’s Gotta Eat: Chi-Town
Whenever I get the chance to go to Chi-town, I take out my list of Must-Try food experiences. This trip gave me the opportunity to try a few more and to revisit a favorite spot, which makes me a happy girl. The Park Hyatt Hotel is one of my favorite hotels in Chicago...
Four Fun Activities for a Fabulous Multi-Generational Vacation
Multi-generational vacations are a great way for families to reconnect! Every other year my family has a destination Christmas extravaganza. We rent a home somewhere warm, plan dinner nights, happy hours, pool time, and lots and lots of fun. It’s nice to catch...
The Waiting Game – Why a Private Driver Matters
Our pre-holiday getaway is finally here!! There is snow on the ground in Indiana and we just cannot wait to get somewhere where we have blue water, warm air, and no thoughts of snow! Our plane begins its descent and we excitedly peer out the window at the blue-green...
La Morra
My Fiat Cinquecento buzzes down the hills of Barolo to my first appointment and I try not to stall the engine…again. We dubbed the Fiat St. Benito, patron saint of lost tourists and tight roundabouts. St. Benito speeds through a maze of dirt roads past...
Pintxos and Txakoli – Basque Delights
San Sebastian, Spain has more Michelin Stars per square meter than any place on the planet. The Parte Vieja (Old Town) also has more bars per square meter than any place on Earth--add surfers, a carousel, an urban beach and you have perhaps the perfect place to...
Afternoon in the Park with Gaudi
Our second day in Barcelona was a day of exploration through the historical and artistic aspects of this modern city. The grand finale of our exploration was Park Guell. Construction began for Park Guell in 1900. At this time, Barcelona was a modern, cosmopolitan...
The Importance of Time
There we were—in the Madrid Airport running to our gate—me in my Sparkly Italian Wedges and The Man in his not-so-fashionable black flip-flops—running. The Man looked at me and asked, “didn’t your travel agent know that an hour is not enough time to connect in...
Barca Beginnings
Welcome to Barcelona--Capital of Catalonia! We wandered through the insane maze of travelers looking for our driver...a bit worried because we were a bit late....and immigration offered an endless labyrinth of people...and my bags were taking their sweet time. We...
Savor Savannah
I first encountered Savannah with my book club. We read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and were pining away for a girls’ adventure. Savannah seemed just the ticket. A few years later, my Chicadee and her little family moved to Savannah and my sister moved to...
Five Things I Loved About Vegas
Each year, our travel consortium, Virtuoso, conducts its annual travel conference, Virtuoso Week, in the city that never sleeps, Las Vegas. The conference is held inside one of our Virtuoso preferred properties, the Bellagio. Vegas is an exciting destination with...
The Venice Saga: A trip down Gondola lane
Typically when I think about Venice, I imagine a romantic sunset ride in a gondola with a man rowing and singing Luciano Pavarotti in his masculine operatic voice: Te voglio bene assaie ma tanto tanto bene sai (I love you very much very very much, you know). This...
Top 5 reasons to have a wedding on Hilton Head Island
Recently, I attended a gorgeous wedding on a sailboat at Hilton Head Island. The whole experience was just fab! The views, the food, and the company pulled off simple elegance in the best way possible. For a relaxing, yet chic wedding, these are the top 5 things to...