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30 Jan
Monolithic churches, cut from single blocks of granite, were excavated top down rather than constructed from the bottom up. Eleven of them...
19 Jan
Pamalican Island floats serenely in the Sulu Sea, one hour’s flight south of Manila. Virtually embraced by a reef and overlooked from...
16 Jan
I have been traveling through the Philippines on the first of what I hope will be other reconnaissance trips or “recces”. For Americans,...
20 Dec
The first review I heard of Kin Shop was from a Thai food blogger who takes our clients out on incredible foodie excursions in Bangkok and Phuket....
18 Dec
These are the shapes of a perfect world. Would that we didn’t have to live so close to reality. Dance even when you are sad; love even...
13 Dec
Someone – I don’t remember who – said that architecture is light. St. Moritz Church in Augsburg, Germany, has been through...
9 Dec
I had no idea, when I climbed the narrow steps to Estela located on Houston and Mott, that chef Ignacio Mattos was Uruguayan born. That information would...
7 Dec
The Rockefellers always had a genius for building their homes in beautiful surrounds, and their Puerto Rican estate from the 1950’s...
26 Nov
In time, old frontiers become the new frontiers, and old values reassert themselves. Penetrating the middle of nowhere, finding silence, space...
21 Nov
I love good food, but I am no foodie. I look at the aesthetics, the noise levels, the service, the comfort of my seating – even the...
17 Nov
Normally, for a hotel review, some lovely image of the entryway, the courtyard, a suite with terrace would be the lead photo. I couldn’t...
16 Nov
Every year I am privileged to attend PURE Life Experiences, a travel conference that stands heads above the vast array of travel conferences...
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