Hotel Montmartre, Paris’ Literary Hotel
Montmartre Mon Amour Hotel Montmartre Mon Amour, Paris by Jacqueline Swartz The theme of Paris’ Hotel Montmartre Mon Amour, is love – or rather passion, expressed by celebrated French writers, singers and…
Boston Uncommon
BOSTON UNCOMMON: Combining Hipness with History Taking a water taxi for a dreamy ride from a waterfront hotel to Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art is like a screenshot of what Boston…
Arizona’s Desert Rose
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2012 edition of Ensemble Vacations. Click here to see a PDF of the original article Architecture Blooms in the Sonoran Desert In the…
Celebrating a Decade of the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna’s Outdoor Living Room
Vienna, Austria has long had the reputation as a dreary city stuck in the past, getting by on Mozart and Sachertorte. But, as I found out, anyone who has been there in the…
Caravaggio at the National Gallery
This article originally appeared on May 27, 2011 in Nuvo Magazine. Click here to see the original version A contemporary old master. Not only is Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio one…
Africa on the Orient Express
This article originally appeared in Nuvo Magazine It was night in the Botswana bush and everything seemed hyper real: the blackout sky was crammed full of stereophonically bright stars, and…
After Andy Warhol: Pop Life Exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada
This article originally appeared on June 1, 2010 in Nuvo Magazine. Click here to see the original version (appeared in NUVO Magazine) Long before the Material Girl, Andy Warhol was…
CARDIFF Makes a Cool Comeback
This article originally appeared on June 1, 2010 in The City Traveler. Click here to see the original version A century ago, Cardiff, the capital of Wales, was a prosperous…
CHATEAU LYNCH-BAGES
Savouring the Bordeaux Culture of Wine In the tasting room of the Bordeaux winery, Chateau Lynch-Bages, I raised my glass, noted the dark brick colour of the wine and inhaled…
“Corsica, that’s in Sicily, isn’t it?”
Not true, but my well-traveled friend’s mistake is typical. Few North Americans know much about Corsica and most have strong misconceptions about this Mediterranean island that is much closer…