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One of my favorite Seattle chefs is Tom Douglas, and last month I had a chance to visit the only one of his restaurants that I had not yet been to — Lola.
Lola is located off the lobby of the Hotel Andra, across the street from the Dahlia Lounge, another Tom Douglas restaurant.
The menu […]
I’m planning a trip to Italy in the Spring, as since last fall I’ve been watching the price of airfare for flights into Rome.
It’s been ugly! (Translation: expensive.) While there would be the occasional “special” fare, by the time all the fees and extra charges were added on, the price was right back up […]
Today is my first Flight Attendant Friday, where I’ll attempt to answer reader questions about what it’s really like to be a Flight Attendant. Questions about the job, the industry, stereotypes, myths, etc. Anything is fair game.
Q: Whenever I fly I hear all sorts of bells, chimes and code word announcements. What does it […]
One of our travel bloggers, Ken at The Vancouver Traveler, is traveling around Asia right now. He’s had some difficult with electricity, let alone an internet connection, but he was recently able to send me this beautiful photo of the Loi Kratong Festival.
The festival is celebrated annually in Thailand, usually during the month of […]
Since a good portion of my time in Paris was spent visiting museums, the Paris Museum Pass was both a money saver and time saver.
With the pass, you get admission to a number of monuments and museums in and around Paris. Best of all — you don’t have to stand in those long lines […]
Not that you’d ever have a little too much to drink while traveling, but should that happen, the bar that used these cocktail napkins might provide you a leg up in getting back to your hotel.
At the beginning of the evening you can grab one, fill out the box labeled “Please take me home […]
matchbox Vintage Pizza Bistro is located upstairs at the Plaza Mercado on Palm Canyon Drive, in Palm Springs, California.
Although it was founded in Washington DC, it has made the adjustment to the slower, more laid back, and definitely warmer environment of the California desert, and is popular with local residents and visitors. The restaurant has […]
Sometimes odd things catch my eye, and then I can’t get them out of my mind — no matter how hard I try. That’s sort of been the case with the Giant Baked Potato at the Idaho Potato Museum (formerly known as the Idaho Potato Expo) in Blackfoot, Idaho.
While I like a spud as […]
“Hawaiian Eye” was a television series that ran from 1959 - 1963, and starred Robert Conrad and Anthony Eisley as crime fighting detectives in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The detectives hung out at the Shell Bar, where at least once an episode that ran into “Cricket,” a singer and photographer at the bar played by Connie Stevens. […]
The two phrases direct and non-stop are used often used interchangeably be travelers looking to make flight reservations. They words do not mean the same thing, and there can be complicated fall out if you don’t realize the difference.
Non-Stop means that the flight will leave your departure airport and get to your arrival airport […]
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Written by Mary Jo Manzanares [email] for b5media.
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