Continuing my trend of driving exceptionally fancy cars this week, I want to share my recent experiences behind the wheel of several different Jaguars. I could start by telling you about the horsepower (somewhere between 380 and 500, give or take) and the torque, but if you’ve read my last […]
Outside the Florida Keys
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Last week, I was invited to the launch party for the Hilton Fort Lauderdale wind turbine project. The Hilton Fort Lauderdale has done something incredibly cool. They are the first hotel in South Florida to install wind turbines on the roof, and we had a perfect vantage point to see […]
Hollywood is not exactly a foodie Mecca. Sure there are some okay places, and there are the food trucks downtown on Mondays, but generally speaking, Hollywood restaurants leave a lot to be desired. So it was of great interest to me when Il Posto opened recently at the corner of […]
When I was invited to participate in a blogger’s fitness class at Pure Barre in Fort Lauderdale, my first reaction (and my response to the email) was “Really? After my last performance in that hot yoga class you want me to come and then write about this? Oy.” Apparently the […]
“Some days I think I would like to be the kind of person that enjoys kale smoothies. Alas, I am not, and that is OK.” That was my Facebook status update yesterday. It came on the heels of being in Whole Foods with a bunch of other people, following an […]
Having been invited to dine at De Rodriguez Cuba during Art Basel, and having to postpone the invitation, we made it to dinner earlier this week. De Rodriguez Cuba is located in the Hilton Bentley, all the way at the southern end of Miami Beach. The upside to (a) the […]
While aboard the Crown Princess, we stopped in Aruba. While there I was invited to spend the afternoon at the Aruba Marriott Resort and Casino. With eight different venues for food and drink, a spectacular beach dotted with shady palapas, a swim up bar and an adults only pool, there […]
As promised, the photos that go with the previous post. Crown Princess, Southern Caribbean, December 2013. Enjoy. I did.
After sailing on numerous cruise lines in the past, last week I had the opportunity to sail aboard the Crown Princess. My first time with Princess, a friend and I boarded the large, 3,000 passenger ship in Fort Lauderdale for a week in the Bahamas, Curacao, Aruba and three sea […]
I find it therapeutic to immediately begin planning my next vacation as soon as I get back. So I’ve been looking at cruise itineraries for next year. I have also been going back through some photo albums of vacations past. One that I particularly enjoyed reliving was a trip to […]