A Danbury, Conn. Getaway with Something for Everyone First introduced to Hotel Zero Degrees in Danbury, Conn. courtesy of a wedding, I liked it so much that I returned recently for a stayover. Located just off Interstate 84 in Connecticut,…
Skipping the Excursions on a Southern Caribbean Cruise? Here Is What to Do Instead Although the Brawny Sherpa and I find ourselves on a Southern Caribbean cruise—aboard to celebrate a major birthday of a friend—we are not really beach people.…
A Self-Guided Walking Tour Full of History Provides Plenty of Things to Do in Basseterre The ease with which we slip into Caribbean cruising mode—taking it easy and not worrying too much—becomes evident on our very first disembarkation. The first…
The Basilica di San Marco Is the Crown Jewel of Venice—and Everyone Knows It It is possible to travel to Venice without visiting Saint Mark’s Basilica—those crowds! the wait!—but why would you want to skip it (except for those…
The Massive Castel Nuovo in Napoli, Italy Endures and Impresses Heading south from Rome 29 years ago, my first stop is Naples where I cannot help but notice a certain domineering building on the waterfront: the Castel Nuovo, which…
Because It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere —Lori Tripoli ~Advertisement~ ~Advertisement~ Appreciate a well-crafted cocktail? You might like these posts: Lemon Drops at the Castle Hill Inn, Newport, R.I. Martinis at Tournedos Restaurant in Rochester, N.Y. Meeting Hemingway at Harry’s Bar in…
Feel Like a Princess from the Moment You Enter the Baccarat Hotel Slip into the black-walled vestibule of the Baccarat Hotel on West 53rd Street, and you’ll be tempted to look for a talking, singing candelabra. It’s all high…
I have a penchant for dramatic graveyard art, those winged but bent angels, the weeping women clinging to crosses, the monuments that stretch toward the heavens. One stone in the Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.that has me wondering about…
Reading Anastasia and Her Sisters by Carolyn Meyer In some ways, Anastasia Romanova is like any teenager anywhere, replete with crushes, squabbling sisters, working parents, the inability to cook, concerns about her weight. Then, of course, she is actually one…
Worshipping the Republic at an Almost Church Like the Pantheon in Rome, the Paris Panthéon has a mixed history, although not one that takes it from paganism to Christianity. Rather, the former Ste. Geneviève Church became, not long after the…