As we landed into Bagan, we couldn’t help peer out the window of our Yangon Airways (whose motto is “You’re safe with us!”) flight to see what we’d been waiting for. A trip to Myanmar is really a trip to Bagan – it’s always on the itinerary, from your first time or your 50th. Here are […]
Scary times are ahead. Still, as our friendly ghost reminds us, there is always someone who might come out to play when you least expect it. This weekend kicks off the two biggest party months of the year – November and December! Halloween might be over on Sunday but it’s only the lead-up to Thanksgiving […]
She sings, she plays violin, she’s toured with Jeff Beck and Brian Wilson and now she’s our Guest Bit. Violinist Lizzie Ball can get down and dirty with her fiddle or bow to Bach at the Proms. Right now, she’s touring the UK and joins Leroy Jones (the New Orleans trumpeter who blows them out of […]
On an island resort like Capri, you spend most of your time in the hotel doing three things: sleeping, eating and lounging. Other activities, such as shopping and sightseeing, fall by the wayside as you grow lazier and lazier. If you are lucky enough to find the right resort, then sleeping, eating and lounging become […]
Capri. From Augustus to Sophia Loren, it’s one of those places that was born luxurious and always attracted the cream of the crop. Heading there next week and in a quandary about what to pack. Even though I’m not going at the height of the season, I have a reputation to uphold and it isn’t […]