I am back from my first time visiting Hawaii. Ah, the beaches, the white sand, the sunshine, the perfect weather, the flowers and the palm trees. But I am not going to bore you with things you already know: Hawaii is beautiful. One thing I did not know about Hawaii (at least Oahu) is all [...]
Lesson: Always ask two different doormen where to eat for a good breakfast. Freebies in a hotel are inversely related to the price of the room. The more expensive the hotel, the less free stuff you get. In other words, when you are staying in a four star hotel on Michigan Avenue, you ain’t getting [...]
Two things I love in travel books: real experiences and humor. Adam Shepard’s book, One Year Lived, had both. As someone who considers herself more of a traveler than a tourist, I appreciated Adam’s rubbing-elbows-with-the-locals stories. As someone who considers herself to have a sarcastic, witty sense of humor, I enjoyed the write-as-you-speak displayed throughout the [...]