Travel Intelligence with Attitude
Looking for a quick bite to eat after visiting the drugstore, we inquired as to a locals recommendation for Italian food in the area. Surprisingly the clerk in the CVS suggested Davide’s Italian Café located in the same small shopping center only two storefronts away. I can’t be sure if the red Lamborghini for rent […]
Sunday Brunch, once a family favorite, isn’t as much fun and is more akin to a “guilty pleasure” now that everyone’s trying to “eat healthy”. Nevertheless, we aren’t all perfect and “falling off the wagon”‘ the time honored American tradition, was on full display during a recent visit to Sweet Mama’s a family restaurant in […]
On our first visit to Longboat Key, we had already dined at the our host family’s favorite restaurants and we were looking something different to try. Craving seafood we made a reservation for our first experience at the Sign of the Mermaid. Even though we arrived on time, we ended up waiting about 25 minutes […]
Of the 5 hotels I stayed in during my January 2015 trip to Talca, Hotel Stella was my favorite. A small boutique hotel shoehorned into a narrow deep lot in a residential neighborhood, Hotel Stella was new, clean, modern, simple and efficient. It was a several blocks walk to the park on Avenido Bernardo Higgins […]
Tucked away in a residential area several blocks west of the Plaza de Armas in downtown Talca B & B Stella Bordestero was a bit hard to find. It was hidden away behind a huge electric metal gate that I was a bit intimidated about approaching. My poor command of Spanish made it difficult to […]
Siem Reap was a surprise on many levels not the least of which was the “Pub Street” area filled with restaurants bars and shops. While a gathering place for locals and visitors alike, establishments did a good job of blending local esthetics with modern conveniences and tourist expectations. One place stood out for it’s “authenticity” […]
No trip to Singapore would be complete without a trip to the iconic Raffles Hotel and it’s famous Longboat Bar to sample a Singapore Sling at it’s birthplace. Though popular history, especially as espoused at the Long Bar, suggests their own bartender created the drink, experts on such matters note “the earliest reference to a […]
Afternoon teas is a necessity we embrace whenever we can during our travels and a trip to Singapore was no exception. Finding shopping malls a bore in general, especially since most upscale brands are global and can be found in any developed country, it’s the unique extras that engage us when visiting these temples to […]
We first heard about the Snook Inn when the sales clerk at the local liquor store suggested we might like to visit the Snook for their well priced happy hour. In spite of our robust purchase we were pretty sure he meant no insult when he gave us a business card for a cab service […]
While not really a fan of the TV series “Survivor”, I had been aware that one seasons episodes (2003) had been filmed on one of the obscure islands off the coast of Panama known as the Pearl Islands. Ive been on a lifetime quest to find “my piece of paradise” so any destination that includes […]