by Marybeth Bond | Sep 22, 2015 | Luxury, CANADA, British Columbia, Travel Magazine, Cultural Exploration, Dining, Family, Girlfriend Getaways, Romance, Luxury
You can tell a lot about a luxury hotel by the way it greets its guests. You might expect a formal doorman to meet you at the curb. That’s not the case at The Wickannish Inn, located on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Island, amidst towering cedar and spruce trees. ...
by Marybeth Bond | Apr 3, 2014 | Women Travel, dog friendly, Lake Tahoe, California, Featured, Travel, Luxury
When Judy’s doctor called and gave her the good news about her remission from breast cancer, we screamed, laughed and cried together. “Let’s do something big – let’s take a trip,” Judy suggested. For several months we were always...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 6, 2013 | Luxury, NORTH AMERICA, Featured, Travel, Luxury
I’m going to get to the good part right away and tell you to get the salted mini pretzels. Order whatever drink you like, try all the wonderful small plates, but do not leave PRESS at the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas without trying the salted mini pretzels....
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 6, 2013 | Luxury, NORTH AMERICA, Hawaii, Dining, Featured, Travel, Luxury
When I think of famous, elegant hotels – the Ritz in Paris, the Plaza in New York and the Pera Palas in Istanbul – come to mind. In the Hawaiian Islands a historic property joins the club of bejeweled, historic hotels, the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on Hawai’i...
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 | Jul 6, 2012 | Dining, Travel, Luxury
Aroma and the sweet taste of Perigord Truffles…and YES…from Australia. Expensive little fungi that the ancient Romans and Greeks though were an aphrodisiac. Well, I’m in good company; Louis XIV and Napoleon were also extremely fond of them....