Travels
August 2023 sponsored by: Amercian Express
Koreatown, NYC
A Foodies Delight
By: Sarah Amandolare
Cook-It-Yourself Korean Food
Widely considered to be among the city’s best Korean restaurants, Madangsui focuses on barbeque. On typical evenings, you’ll see crowds of friends packing tables inside the long, minim ....
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Mexican International
Food & Jazz Festivals
By: Barbara Barton Sloane
Emerging from a cool plunge in the deep blue sea of Banderas Bay, I settle back in our little motorboat which gently rocks side to side as it glides towards densely forested cliffs and an intensely azure grotto. The sun i ....
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July 2023 sponsored by: Jet Blue
Blantyre Country House
Berkshire Weekend
By: Jessica Colley
I didn’t even turn on the radio during my 2 1/2 hour drive north from New York City, through parts of the Hudson Valley, towards the lovely Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Here, outside the quaint town of Lee, is a c ....
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Glenmere Mansion
Relais & Chateaux Luxury
By: Jessica Colley
There’s no escape from the city quite like a soak in a huge freestanding tub.
Tossing aside a fluffy robe, I sank into the steaming water, a whimsical rubber ducky already lost in a deep sea of suds. I could have ....
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Bar Harbor Maine
Acadia National Park
By: Charles Greenfield
Indisputably, Bar Harbor and surrounding Acadia National Park have been one of Maine’s most popular tourist destinations for generations. From the mainland past the town of Ellsworth off US 1, the ride on State Route 3 to ....
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June 2023 sponsored by: Keel Vodka
La Moresca Hotel
Sicily, Italy
By: Jessica Colley
Architects and entrepreneurs are changing the landscape of Sicily – for the better. During a recent trip to the Italian island I discovered a new focus on transforming abandoned buildings into boutique hotels. These ne ....
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c/o The Maidstone
The Soul of Slow Food
By: Jessica Colley
There are some meals that are never meant to end.
I knew this immediately walking into the Living Room restaurant in c/o The Maidstone, a boutique hotel in East Hampton. I arrived with pages of notes to ask the ....
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Bar Marmont
On The Sunset Strip
By: Alexis Steinman
Last weekend, I had a mini-staycation at the Hotel Andaz with my friends for their belated birthday celebration. Although staycations originated from the need for a cheaper alternative to expensive travel, I have discovered tha ....
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