SHUCKERS: A Seattle Seafood Tradition12/07/2025
When staying in Downtown Seattle, as I did last month, I make it a point to lunch at Shuckers, the old-timey oyster bar at the historic Olympic Hotel.
Dorado Beach's Transportive SPA BOTÁNICO12/01/2025
Spas may be de rigueur at any luxury resort, these days, but there's nothing standard about the five-acre, Bill Bensley-designed Spa Botánico at Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve; nor the transportive and transformative treatments it offers.
Once the playground of Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, and too many US Presidents to name; Dorado Beach has been reimagined as a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, where eco-savvy luxury is the name of the game.
DAY 2 of my Wellness Retreat at Rosewood Mayakoba on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, included Ayurvedic teachings, a cooking class, a sublime multi-discipline spa treatment, cocktails in the Lagoon Presidential Suite, and a Yucatan Heritage Dinner on the edge of a natural cenote [Part 2 of 2]
DAY 1 of my Wellness Retreat at Rosewood Mayakoba, on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, including impressions of the airport transfer, the Wellness Suites, Zapote Bar, and a nighttime frolic in my private plunge pool [Part 1 of 2]
My favorite places to stay, eat, shop, and watch a whole bunch of bats, in Downtown Austin’s Congress Avenue and Rainey Street Historic Districts. Giddy-up! 🤠
The farm-fresh chiles at The Shed, combined with a welcome, family atmosphere, has kept the Santa Fe landmark popular, for more than 60 years.
The Mystery of Santa Fe's Loretto Chapel10/11/2025
Featuring the architectural wonder known as the Miraculous Staircase (aka St. Joseph’s Staircase), the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe is a Gothic-Revival beauty.
My recent dinner with a friend at Mirabella, the coastal Italian restaurant at Fontainebleau Miami Beach by five-time Michelin-starred Chef Michael White has me reexamining my thoughts about “perfection”
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