London: Dukes Bar
Dukes Bar is noted for custom martinis, so it’s a perfect bar if you’re in the mood for something new. With pomp and circumstance the drinks are created before your eyes.
4 Reasons to Pack for Paris, Tout Suite!
Audrey Hepburn was right of course: Paris is always a good idea. Here are 4 of the latest reasons why. THE PARIS CHOCOLATE FAIR Every year, thousands of hungry guests flock to the Parc des expositions in Paris to peruse the stands of 220 taste-making exhibitors. Visitors will find chocolatiers, patissiers, confectioners and other artisans from […]
Saffire Freycinet’s Heavenly Tasmanian Devil Experience
Vicki Arkoff falls in love with Luxury Lodges of Australia’s jewel thanks to an irresistible eco-friendly wildlife encounter featuring some very special locals. Nature lovers looking for a wildlife adventure in Australia have a wealth of options to choose from: kangaroos bounding across the Outback, salt water crocodiles in tropical Queensland, dolphins and whale sharks along […]
A Chocolate Bar Fit for a King at Le Royal Monceau-Raffles Paris
Paris is always a good idea, so a Parisian chocolate menu is sheer genius, decides Holiday Goddess’ Vicki Arkoff. You might as well give up your pledge to eat and drink less, because your good intentions are not going to survive this: a pop-up chocolate bar. In Paris. Oh, mon dieu. Leave it to the lavish Le Royal Monceau-Raffles Paris […]
London: Christmas in London
There’s no more magical time in London than Yuletide. Ever since Charles Dickens immortalized London as the 1840’s setting of the classic “A Christmas Carol,” ye olde English capital has been the world’s most ideal place to celebrate a traditional Yuletide. Just being in London’s city center in the wintertime elicits nostalgic excitement thanks to […]
Soul Food in Hollywood
Los Angeles Travel Goddess Vicki Arkoff ignored her cardiologist’s orders and returned to a favorite Hollywood greasy spoon for another hearty (and possibly heart-stopping) helping of the city’s best soul food. Every day, tour-bus mobs stop at Hollywood & Vine to shoot photos of Walk of Fame sidewalk stars. If only they knew that just […]