by Marybeth Bond | Sep 7, 2016 | Luxury, Cruising, Travel
Lisbon, Porto and the Duoro River Valley have become “all the rage”. One of the Great European River Journeys The Duoro Valley east of Porto, in...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 3, 2013 | NORTH AMERICA, Dining, Featured, Family, Girlfriend Getaways, New York City
I visit New York about three times a year, usually alone, on business. I’m going back to speak at the New York Times Travel Show and will report on new neighborhoods and “finds” soon. On a recently trip with my twenty-two-year-old daughter we...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 16, 2012 | Wine Country, California, Dining, Luxury
A place to celebrate the love of life in the heart of Alexander Valley There is still room at the table on the terrace overlooking the vineyards of Alexander Valley at the newly opened Francis Ford Coppola Winery restaurant near Geyserville. The 88-acre...
by Marybeth Bond | May 14, 2012 | California, Travel
Before Stepping up to the Tasting Bar, Sit Down to the Most Important Meal of the Day Bed, then breakfast At Calistoga’s Chateau de Vie, bed and breakfast guests dig into a classic winemaker’s breakfast consisting of fresh pastry, eggs scrambled with fresh tarragon...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 31, 2012 | EUROPE, Dining
Wine tasting in the Tuscan hills is a “must” while visiting Italy. Three other students and I rented a car in Florence and took off for a 12- hour tour of the Chianti Region, home of the famous Chianti Classico wine. We began with a...
