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Head to Heidelberg for V-Day

Head to Heidelberg for V-Day

PRESS RELEASE FROM VICTORIA LARSON COMMUNICATIONS Heidelberg Celebrates 400 Years of Romance for Valentine’s Day Celebrations will be sweet in Heidelberg this year! Woo with a kiss, a sleigh ride, a spa and a ring! Celebrations for St. Valentine’s Day in Heidelberg and nearby towns in SouthWest Germany are romantic, and February 14 will kick [...]

January 25, 2013No CommentRead More

San Fran BBQ spot Hi Lo to open

San Fran BBQ spot Hi Lo to open

Press Release from Andrew Freeman & Co.: HI LO SET TO OPEN MONDAY, FEB. 4, 2013 Scott Youkilis’ Highly Anticipated Northern California-Style Barbeque and Smokehouse Concept to Launch Soon Who: Hi Lo, the Mission’s new convivial gathering spot will be opening on Monday, February 4, 2013, with Executive Chef Ryan Ostler (formerly of Boulevard, Range, [...]

January 21, 2013No CommentRead More

Sample trip: Philly’s “Silver Linings”

Sample trip: Philly’s “Silver Linings”

PRESS RELEASE FROM GPTMC: ENJOY YOUR OWN SILVER LINING IN PHILADELPHIA Itinerary Inspired By Bradley Cooper’s Oscar-Nominated Film Silver Linings Playbook LOCATION: Center City, Philadelphia; South Philadelphia; and the suburbs TRANSPORTATION: By foot in Center City; by taxi, Septa or car for locations beyond TIME: An overnight SUMMARY: Featured on visitphilly.com/itineraries, this jaunt takes visitors [...]

January 21, 2013No CommentRead More

Slideshow: Berlin winter weekend

Slideshow: Berlin winter weekend

BERLIN — Hopped aboard an Air Berlin nonstop flight to its hub namesake city for an early winter foray in Germany’s political and cultural — and Europe’s party — capital. Whether it’s trawling holiday markets or world-class museums, crawling through nightclubs, cafes and pubs, or a little bit of all the above, a winter stay [...]

December 19, 2012No CommentRead More

Slideshow: A Kenyan safari

Slideshow: A Kenyan safari

NAIROBI–Check out these images from my first-ever Kenyan safari with Nairobi-based Gamewatchers Safaris/Porini Camps earlier this year. Thanks to commercial director Mohanjeet Brar, spent four days (three nights) at three of the firm’s high-end camps: Porini Rhino Camp, Porini Mara Camp and Porini Lion Camp. Guides and other staff at all three were excellent, whether [...]

November 27, 2012No CommentRead More

Berkeley’s Hotel Shattuck Plaza floats fun

Berkeley’s Hotel Shattuck Plaza floats fun

PRESS RELEASE FROM HOTEL SHATTUCK PLAZA HOTEL SHATTUCK PLAZA AND FIVE RESTAURANT CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE “STAY HERE, SHOP THERE” PACKAGE AND OTHER FUN EVENTS Historic Hotel in Downtown Berkeley to Donate $1 of Every Room Night to the American Red Cross BERKELEY, Calif.–This holiday season, the Hotel Shattuck Plaza, located adjacent to BART [...]

November 23, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 5

Encountering Easter Island: Day 5

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Today was all about topknots, tattoos and sooty terns. I’d woke this morning thinking I’d be heading out by bike for an a.m. circumambulation of ancient sites from my digs here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu. But rainy skies deterred me from those plans and I opted instead to join [...]

November 20, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 4

Encountering Easter Island: Day 4

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Took things down a notch today, my fourth here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu on the beautiful south coast of Easter Island. Following a light, leisurely breakfast of fresh fruits and cottage cheese, whole wheat toast and an egg-white omelet, connected with my Rapa Nui-born and -bred guide for the [...]

November 15, 2012Comments OffRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 3

Encountering Easter Island: Day 3

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Sun was shining as I woke on third day here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu on Easter Island. But, I soon learned, there was a surprise in store for us mainland interlopers on Rapa Nui today: We were to be treated to a partial solar eclipse at 5:45 in the [...]

November 14, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 2

Encountering Easter Island: Day 2

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Rainy day on Rapa Nui. Woke at 8 a.m., momentarily disoriented. Where was I? Hmm. Oh yeah, Easter Island. Easter Island?! Sleepy astonishment quickly gave way to excitement as I rubbed the sand out of my eyes. First exploration of my second day with the team here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike [...]

November 13, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 1

Encountering Easter Island: Day 1

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Greetings from Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua, Easter Island, etc. (take your pick of names and idioms). treKKen’s finally arrived on this mysterious and minute (64-square-mile) volcanic triangle rising from the middle of the Pacific…a dream that’s been a long time in coming finally fulfilled. Flew in from New York, via Lima, Peru, [...]

November 11, 2012No CommentRead More

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Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

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