A year on the road
After years of thinking about it -- and researching it -- I finally did it. Booked a week's stay at a villa in Italy and invited friends to join my...
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PASSPORTS FROM 2006
It was a year of sensory overload, and as good as it gets. Tapas bar crawls in Spain (San Sebastian's were favorites). Dining at 10:30 p.m....or later...in Madrid (what a...
London’s larder
In a city rich with markets, Borough Market is foodie central. While it doesn't rank with Buckingham Palace or the Tower of London as a tourist destination, the word is...
POSTCARDS FROM 2005
It may seem weird, but I think there are some destinations that should be experienced in (so-called) bad weather. Like seeing Ireland's Cliffs of Moher on a blustery, wind-swept day....
Adventure travel show coming up
View it as one-stop foraging. That would be a trip to the Adventures in Travel Expo and the Luxury Show next weekend--Jan. 7-8--at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in...
Flying THROUGH 2004
You know how you really look forward to a trip? That's how I felt about going to New Zealand. Never mind, it's halfway around the world--17 hours ahead of Chicago--and...
SUITE DREAMS
SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES BORA BORA NUI, BORA BORA, FRENCH POLYNESIA As islands go, Bora Bora is barely there: an 11-square-mile blip in the Tahitian islands chain. But this tuft...
St. Martin on a weak dollar
The word gleeful comes to mind. That was how I felt when I woke up the first morning at my hotel five minutes from Marigot, the French capital of the...
Gone with the winds
In my mind's eye it is 5:15 in the evening on the 10th of February and my husband, Scott Denman, and I are sitting on the terrace of a cottage...
Take your pick: Nice sax or a whine?
5:20 p.m. About a dozen people are waiting for buses at the Pioneer Court stop on North Michigan Avenue. But something's different today. Smiles have replaced the frowns that are...