Around the Country and Around the World

Crossroads Kitchen
With CROSSROADS KITCHEN LAS VEGAS now open at Resorts World Las Vegas, Chef Tal Ronnen’s campaign to introduce upscale diners to his delectable plant-based cuisine continues, and I’m totally on board!
NV School of the Arts
Recently, the NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS honored a trio of community supporters and showcased an impressive array of talent from its students and faculty, at the DREAM Gala: A New Dawn.
Covers
01/26/2024 My Fave Covers; Part 301/26/2024
It takes a lot of nerve to cover another artist's song; and, for my money, a cover-version should aspire to be at least as good as the original. Having made a list of my eighteen favorite covers, here are numbers 4 through 1 [Part 3 of 3]
Covers
01/23/2024 My Fave Covers; Part 201/23/2024
It takes a lot of nerve to cover another artist's song; and, for my money, a cover-version should aspire to be at least as good as the original. Having made a list of my eighteen favorite covers, here are numbers 10 through 5 [Part 2 of 3]
Covers
01/20/2024 My Fave Covers; Part 101/20/2024
It takes a lot of nerve to cover another artist's song; and, for my money, a cover-version should aspire to be at least as good as the original. Having made a list of my eighteen favorite covers, here are numbers 18 through 11 [Part 1 of 3]
Spa Botánico
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.
Dorado Beach
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.
Shangri La
A tour of Doris Duke’s estate, SHANGRI LA (now the Shangri La Center for Islamic Art, Culture & Design) is a must for any lovers of art, architecture, design, and luxury, who find themselves on the island of Oahu
Casa Dragones Bertha
Bertha González Nieves talks about the pursuit of true craftsmanship and quality that led to the creation of Tequila Casa Dragones—the ultra-premium tequila company she co-founded with Robert Pittman, in 2009—and the different expressions it has produced [Part 2 of 2]