Monthly Archives: April 2008

ASPEN from $63/nt at St. Moritz Lodge, good through 5/31 (aspenchamber.org). CANCUN 25% OFF rooms, food, bev & spa at Aqua Cancun. Book by 8/31, travel by 9/16 (feel-aqua.com).LOS ANGELES $139/nt Sheraton Universal 3-night stays arriving…

HBO is swapping Carrie and cosmos for Precious and palm trees. The network’s next major show is a mystery-dramedy based on “The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” novels, starring wacky P.I. Precious Ramotswe.BIG DEBUTThe show is set, and filmed, in…

ICH BIN EIN LIMBURGERTHERE are those who’ll say there is way more to Wisconsin than cheese (us, for instance). But the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board doesn’t really have anything to prove to you. They’ve put together a map of 116 … Continue reading →

1) HIT THE BEACH (DUH!) The whole of the promontory’s rimmed with sandy enclaves (no wonder locals are so outdoorsy). The best picks: the clean, rarely busy beach in Llandudno, or the cliquey quartet that you find side-by-side in Clifton … Continue reading →

HBO is swapping Carrie and cosmos for Precious and palm trees. The network’s next major show is a mystery-dramedy based on “The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” novels, starring wacky P.I. Precious Ramotswe.BIG DEBUTThe show is set, and filmed, in…

I’M staring down the muzzle of a 2,000 pound cape buffalo. It’s the size of a Hummer. (OK, maybe I’m misspeaking. But he’s at least as big as a Ford Explorer.)He’s a “brigadier” – too old to mate, so chucked … Continue reading →

I’ve always liked to walk on the wild side. I suppose that’s how you explain why I spent a recent vacation in Oklahoma. Africa would have been better. (My husband wasn’t interested.)The venue didn’t matter – the activity did. Past … Continue reading →

ASPEN from $63/nt at St. Moritz Lodge, good through 5/31 (aspenchamber.org). CANCUN 25% OFF rooms, food, bev & spa at Aqua Cancun. Book by 8/31, travel by 9/16 (feel-aqua.com).LOS ANGELES $139/nt Sheraton Universal 3-night stays arriving…

YES, campers. It really is that impressive up close: Table Mountain, Cape Town’s flat-topped, horizon-spanning backdrop, is jaw-dropping at first glimpse.Tourists press their faces against plane windows to witness its breathtaking aerial views. (Sit…

IS it possible to fit one more thing to do into Myrtle Beach? Apparently – this month, the buzzed-about Hard Rock Park (the first theme park to open in the United States in years) opened to previews, giving the world … Continue reading →

THE dollar could continue its spectacular vanishing act and everyone would still go to London, because you can’t keep a good city down (nor a determined traveler). Like many New Yorkers, I refuse to be kept away from what is, … Continue reading →