These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. Fast-paced, exhilarating – and exhausting. A trip to Tokyo often goes hand in hand with a hectic schedule of sightseeing, shopping and nightspot hopping (plus an often
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The Grill, located in Washington, D.C. is just one of several independent restaurants conceived by … [+] KNEAD Hospitality + Design. UNDER A BUSHEL PHOTOGRAPHY REY LOPEZ For most owners, running one restaurant requires full concentration, marketing expertise, and hospitality savvy. But developing five independent restaurants with different specialties and then adding several new ones
Garza Blanca Los Cabos Like many of you, I’ve been itching for a vacation now more than ever, so I made the bold decision to book a getaway and wanted to share my experience of what it’s truly like to travel right now amidst a global pandemic. With my customized ROAM Luggage suitcase in tow,
(CNN) — Ah yes, “ze Autobahn”. Few other landmarks represent Germany more than its freeway system. Cologne’s cathedral is distinctively West German, and the TV Tower in Berlin is a GDR feat of engineering, but the Autobahn (literally “car runway”) connects the whole country. Over the decades, it has morphed from a utilitarian piece of
Floodlit by twinkling constellations, a midnight marathon has started on the beaches of Morro Peixe in Sao Tome, with competitors frantically racing for the surf. Spectating from side-lines like an anxious coach, Hipolito Lima wills his batch of baby turtle hatchlings to safely reach the sea, nervously checking there are no predatory gulls swooping overhead.
In Ontario, the LCBO fully regulates and operates the province’s alcoholic beverage market. This … [+] partnership will find the government-based monopoly competing with the private sector: restaurants and bars who are struggling to stay alive. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Earlier this year, Ontario bars and
The co-founder and CEO of charity Tusk has told CNBC that the shutdown of the tourism industry in Africa due to the Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic crisis which is impacting conservation in the region. Charles Mayhew, who is based in the U.K., co-founded the charity in 1990, with a mission to “amplify the
It has been one 30th birthday, one engagement, two house moves and approximately one million bottles of wine since I visited Rockliffe Hall last year – plus a global pandemic – which is why I wanted to wait for the right time to publish this piece. As the pages in my monthly lockdown calendar turned, I
One company is bottling customer’s favorite tastes in high-end cocktails costing $130,000 getty Proust famously talked about how the smell of freshly baked madeleines could take him immediately back to his childhood, how certain smells are markers for moments in our lives which felt good. And much like Roald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant captured dreams
Courtesy of Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa A replica of a California Mission was built in Sonoma County in 1926. Soon it became a romantic haven for those seeking health and pleasure. Now the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa offers a world-class health spa with over 50 treatments and natural Artesian mineral water pools. The
Every state has its go-to sandwich, including New Jersey. Many people will say the pork roll egg and cheese is the first to come to mind, but for Rutgers University students, it’s all about the Fat Sandwich. The Fat Sandwich is an overloaded sub, stuffed to capacity with a mix of fried ingredients and condiments.
These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. Wales is known for its castles with many, such as Conwy and Caernarfon, built by King Edward I in the 13th century and now listed as Unesco
Marlborough Sounds in South Island, New Zealand getty As a kid in Marlborough, New Zealand, Jules Taylor dreamt of another place that offered more options than the animal and vegetable/fruit farming that dominated her area in the late 1970s and 1980s. Her home was certainly a stunning place, such as it is today, tucked away
There was a time when getting around was a lot more complicated. It required planning, difficult to fold maps and arguments with spouses. We often needing to stop to ask for directions. That changed when Google Maps was released 15 years ago. Since then, Google Maps has taken on competitors like MapQuest, Yahoo and Apple.
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These four city hotels are the perfect places to curl up with a mulled wine after a hard day of Christmas shopping Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, London Best for… pretending you’re an A-lister for a day After a recent top-to-toe renovation, this iconic Knightsbridge hotel has a new vibrant incarnation. Think bold art, fabrics
Beloved Broadway spot Joe Allen is going on hiberation. (AP Photo/Mark Kennedy) ASSOCIATED PRESS Diners everywhere have been saddened to see favorite restaurants close in the pandemic. Now, they’re starting to see another trend: hibernation. That means closing a restaurant temporarily, primarily because of the weakened economy and a slump in tourism, but also in
Known and loved for its laid-back pace of life and proximity to beautiful beaches and award-winning wineries, the charming Central Coast town of San Luis Obispo is a place where surfing and ranch culture still very much intersect. Sitting in a sweet halfway spot between Los Angeles and San Francisco, it makes the perfect base
(CNN) — Let’s travel back in time to February 14 — Valentine’s Day. A hip little hotel in British Columbia offered couples the chance to win 18 years of free accommodations if, roughly nine months following their Hotel Zed stay, they had a baby. Nicole and Alexander Beshinsky and their three-and-half-year-old son are getting ready
London (CNN) — The Romans had Bacchus, the Greeks had Dionysus and the Aztecs, well they had Centzon Tōtōchtin: a hard-drinking gang of 400 rabbit gods. The bunnies haven’t had many prayers sent their way in recent years but, 2020 being what it is, a tequila bar in Nottingham, England, is trying to change that