Lara DunstonThey don’t have to be ocean views to be alluring. The view between those floor-to-ceiling (French?) doors, whether swung wide open or ever-so-slightly ajar (the latter is even more enticing, don’t you think?) could be of a bucolic country scene, majestic snow-covered mountains, or an arid red-dirt desert for that matter. What’s most important is … Read more about Another Room With a View
There’s something about a room with a view, isn’t there? Being able to step out onto a balcony, patio or veranda, however tiny or grand, and gaze out at a bustling street scene, a pretty piazza, a shimmering ocean, sparkling bay, or a still glassy lake. Watery views are my most coveted. I’ll select one … Read more about A Room with a View
These are the 10 places I think you should experience in 2008, based on places I have been myself, and here are some quick reasons why. I’ll give you my own wish list of ‘it’ destinations for 2008, places I have never been but hope to visit, in the new year.1. SYRIA: colossal history confronts … Read more about 10 Places You Must Go in 2008: places I have been
So now I’m wondering if the New York Times was really so naive… perhaps they intended from the outset that their 2008 travel destination list should be as provocative as it has been? Could they really be that smart? Because in those 450+ comments (and rising) they have some high quality research there, stuff that … Read more about Or the smartest exercise in exacting (free) travel research ever?
The most outrageous travel essay in recent history” is what budget travel guru Arthur Frommer called the New York Times’ ’53 Places to go in 2008′ in a superb analysis of the list. I’d only seen the online version, so if it really took up the amount of space he claims, it must be one … Read more about The most outrageous travel essay in recent history, according to budget travel guru