Art, Architecture and a Catalan Cava Pedigree Artesa’s avant garde slice of architecture looms unexpectedly out of the hillside – like a mashup of I.M. Pei’s Louvre pyramid and Little House on the Prairie. An impressive stone stairway leads you up to the crest...
Eat a handful of almonds or peanuts every day for a month and you’ll put on a couple of pounds. Toss them in for a year and you’re going to be spilling over the top of your skinny jeans. It’s the same with packing. The smallest items start to add up and before you...
If Champagne, France is the king of bubbly, then California may be next in line to the throne, with dazzling sparkling wines being produced throughout the state. It’s no surprise that Sonoma tops the list of heirs apparent, since it benefits from foggy mornings, cool...
I’ve been a snow snob for half a century, and horror stories about the icy east kept me skiing west of the Rockies until a few weeks ago. Lucky for me, I hit Vermont’s Okemo Mountain Resort in the midst of a mild snow storm so the conditions were near perfect. My...
Paris’ most popular tourist attractions are enough to make a body thirsty – climbing the Eiffel Tower, wandering miles of grand galleries at the Louvre, and walking the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde. Sure you can quench your...
