Past Articles

It’s time to hit the road again. This time, a long, windy and snowy road that heads up north out of South Deerfield and goes 272 miles to the north and then northwest to the city of Montreal.  I’m heading straight for the Queen Elizabeth hotel, and I’ll trust my […]

This time of year is always exciting…because tomorrow I’ll join Paul Shoul and we’ll spend the next three days at the NY Times Travel Show in the big city! We will be staying at a new place that I’m looking forward to sharing. It’s called Furnished Quarters, and they offer […]

I’ve found that there is power in putting thoughts, ideas and especially, goals down in writing. So every year I try to come up with some goals, obtainable ones I hope, to further my life and my business. So not in order of priority, here is what I hope to […]

When everyone believes something, does it make it true? In the 2012 film “The Hunt,” we watch a schoolteacher’s life become completely unravelled after allegations of child abuse bubble up from a dubious source. And like a slow motion train wreck, what results brings out the worst in nearly all […]

I read a story that was so interesting that I read parts of the story to Mary. And Mary has a short tolerance for things that I find in the paper and begin reading to her. This was a story in today’s WSJ titled, “The Secret to Great Hair, and […]

Rotterdam is a feast for the eyes, if you love interesting buildings and daring architecture.  I took a bike ride making a giant loop around the city yesterday with Narjara Grondman, a trained architect who showed me some of her favorite buildings and gave some background into the history of […]

To any chef working in Europe, the word Michelin means a lot. The tire company’s stars have defined the greatest restaurants across Europe since the end of World War II. Yesterday at the DeLaMar Theater, we found out which chefs will get new stars and which ones will keep their […]

I’m off on an adventure on Saturday when I drive down to JFK to board a KLM jet to Amsterdam. The last time I saw this exciting city was in January 2000, I remember how alive the city was even on a Tuesday night. Every bar was packed, the streets […]

It’s funny to praise a movie for its slow pace, but I’d have to say that’s what gives the new movie Brooklyn its tremendous appeal. It’s the deliberate and held back way that the immigrant Eilis takes to begin speaking when she answers the phone. It’s the pace of the […]

While many bemoan what’ s happened to the music business, other promoters and artists just figure out clever new ways to make more money despite sagging CD sales.  Justin Beiber, the guy so many people love to hate,  set up a partnership with the ride-sharing app, Lyft, to lift his […]

I learned a bit about turkeys this week, in a story by Joann Craven in the WSJ that explains why Americans continue to be bigger in stature than every other nationality. We eat a lot of turkey. There are four kinds of turkeys, all based on size. And size has […]

How much do most people travel in the US? According to a recent poll by SPGAmex, it’s only 12 days a year on average. But at the TBEX conference, hands were raised and it was confirmed that in this room, we travel about 88 days a year.  But then again, […]

I enjoyed a few seminars this morning from experts in travel promotion and how to use social media. Frederic Gonzalo from Quebec City showed off some interesting tidbits about innovations he has seen in this space. Marriott, for example, is providing Go Pro cameras to their guests to use while […]

This is the kind of weekend I really love. A houseful of guests, in particular, my three sisters from New Jersey, and lots of home improvement, cleaning, fixing up and especially, cooking for a big gathering here on Saturday night. I am of a mind that we don’t have enough […]