The beautiful five-diamond Fairmont Scottsdale is offering its guests a truly unique weekend experience this fall with its themed-getaways known as the “Season of Personal Discovery”. Six weekends have been carefully “plotted” out by the resort and by today’s most celebrated authors, who will be joining guests at the Fairmont on their special occasion. Plus [...]

Since it’s still hot/summer/traveling season and many may be making their way to the incredible city of San Francisco, I thought I might share a hidden and happening spot to discover. My favorite part about this quirky and colorful city, is how with just a turn of a corner, you can find yourself in a [...]

Now you don’t have to scour LA looking for a celebrity sighting. The famous Madame Tussaud, which has jaw dropping wax museums all over the world, has finally brought its life-sized and lifelike masterpieces to the celebrity mecca itself, Hollywood Boulevard, and has just revealed its own sculpted and star studded red carpet. Doors open [...]

Visitors aren’t only flocking to Laguna Beach in Orange County for the beautiful beaches and its artsy urban town, the festival that never ceases to astound its every spectator and where art literally comes to life, the famous Pageant of the Masters, is back and running through the end of August. So while planning your [...]

One of the best decisions I made while exploring Southern Spain was to take a day trip to Costa Brava, an area just a little over an hour up the coast from Barcelona towards the French border that is filled with quaint and absolutely gorgeous Catalan beach towns.

Whether to escape the crowds of Barceloneta or to [...]

It’s hard to visit Barcelona without somehow being touched and oddly intrigued by the legendary Catalan architecture of Antoni Guadi (1852–1926). His work is splashed throughout the city and make for must-see day attractions and photo ops for visitors, or even for local artistic inspiration. It seems you can’t possibly describe Barcelona without mentioning Gaudi [...]

Tapas
Before I left for Barcelona, I was already aware of the Catalans’ “tapas” style of dining, which I have of course experienced at quite a few restaurants in the states. But small and consistent sharing-style plates of food were not what arrived at our table. When they say tapas, they literally want you to [...]

Now that it’s been quite a few days here in Barcelona, I’ve found that the center point of the whole city revolves around the Placa de Catalunya. This Union Square-like center point represents the heart of the city that at each corner an important road vears to an entirely different part of the city with [...]

As you very well may know, it’s officially summer, which has been made perfectly clear by the relentless desert sun that so faithfully rears its ugly head each year. But instead of boring you with all the not so original ways to “stay cool” or “beat the heat,” I’ve decided to take you far, far [...]