Get Sassy with The Farmer’s Daughter. What happens when you mix art, fashion, and entertainment with a unique, country, modern, tasty, and playful escape ? You get to experience the adventures of the Farmer’s Daughter. No, not the … Continue reading →
Celebrate at the Beach. L’Auberge Del Mar, in Southern California, far surpasses a trip to the South of France. It’s a romantic getaway weekend without jet lag or airport security lines. This French inspired inn redefines the charm … Continue reading →
Dine in San Diego’s Historic Balboa Park. (Photo of The Prado Fountain Courtyard.) Spanish influences are evident in The Prado. I’m strolling down the promenade of Balboa Park in San Diego; there is crispness in the Spring … Continue reading →
Ride and Rest in Style. The Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort in Solvang, California is a rare place in our world where you can enjoy a vacation adventure exploring the coastal hills of central California in the luxury … Continue reading →
Located In The Heart of LA’s Premier Harbor. I have my standards. I have become a hotel connoisseur and will accept nothing but the best. Despite what others might recommend, I prefer to sample the lobby of a … Continue reading →
Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course. Monterey is all about the sea: Cannery Row, the wharf, and the famed Monterey Bay Aquarium are all major tourism draws to the Spanish-influenced coastal community. … Continue reading →
Ol’ Blue Eyes Dined Here. Ever since Mel Haber purchased Palm Spring’s Ingleside Inn over 30 years ago, the restaurant named for him has been a shining example of everything one visits Palm Springs for: a quiet ambiance … Continue reading →
Bike California’s Big Rift. Aaaah! This is the life. Lazing by the pool, tummy bursting from the gourmet fine dining; entrancing cumulus clouds floating overhead. Not lifting a finger nor burning a single calorie for days upon end……naaaah! Scratch … Continue reading →
An Oceanside Relais & Chateaux in Del Mar. They say if you have a heart filled with LOVE, no one can resist you. That’s why the Rancho Valencia Hotel in Rancho Santa Fe, California is irresistible. This magnificent … Continue reading →
Bliss On The Beach. The American mythologist and philosopher, Joseph Campbell, is famous for his teaching to “follow your bliss.” Many have spent their entire lives trying to find this experience. The truth is it’s as simple as … Continue reading →
A Famous Hollywood Hangout. “Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.” — Author Unknown And nothing makes a stay in Studio City, California more enjoyable than being at the Sportsmen’s Lodge. A new mult-million … Continue reading →
Between San Francisco and LA. I’m sitting here in a robe, which really is a glorified towel, typing away on a feature about what I can sincerely say is the nicest resort I’ve stayed at to date … Continue reading →
A New “Old” Legend ! A friendly valet took my car. Two kind bellmen eagerly helped with my bags. I began to feel like a Hollywood starlet. And why not? This was La Costa, the place where the rich and famous … Continue reading →
Hey, It’s is California. At times I like to think of my life captured on a movie reel, so let me start this by setting the scene for any of my welcoming readers: The author … Continue reading →
Burwash Tennis Clinics and Marriott Cuisine. Lawn tennis at J.W. Marriott Desert Springs. I find myself grinning a good deal — even whistling a happy tune — as I ramble about J.W. Marriott’s Desert Springs Resort … Continue reading →
Historic Victorian Hotel with Hillside Cottages New Spa and complete make-over. In the summer of 1885 Clara and William Barrett stood on the hillside gazing east toward Tiburon, Angel Island, and San Francisco Bay. Recently, they had moved … Continue reading →
From the Hollywood Hills to Santa Monica Beach. Loews Hotels, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, cuisine, surging, beaches, LA, From the hills — Beverly Hills, that is, to the beach — Santa Monica Beach, that is, … Continue reading →
Colonial – Style Spanish California. I walked away from my ordinary life and for two glorious days I am enraptured by the extraordinary, casual elegance of the Estancia Hotel & Spa in La Jolla, California. The minute I … Continue reading →
Zane Was America’s fiirst millionaire author. Little did Zane Grey know, as he penned over 80 western novels in his home on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of California, that the house he designed in 1929 would … Continue reading →
Avalon and Beyond. Peering down from the gangway of the Catalina Express, I see fat orange Garibaldis, the California State fish, nibbling among the rocks. It’s early-afternoon on a sunny day and we’ve arrived at Avalon, the little … Continue reading →
