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...
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...
As we walked into the Kō Hana Rum tasting room — once the general store and post office for agricultural workers in the tiny town of Kunia — a young woman pushed a fibrous sugar cane stalk into an old press and handed us the results — a glass of pure...
1. Duct tape –can repair anything, from ripped suitcases and backpacks bursting their seams to eyeglasses and charger cords. Roll it around a small pen or pencil. 2. Earplugs – honeymooners in the room next door? Bar brawls in the street below? No problem if you pack...
What is it that makes a Mai Tai so appealing? — That you drink it watching a tropical sunset over the Pacific?…or the fresh pineapple, kitschy paper parasol and mint bouquet that stud the glass? Maybe it’s that once you’ve made your way through a few Mai Tais...
Castroville Artichoke Festival Don’t let the spiky tips fool you – this edible flower bud from the thistle family can be transformed into all kinds of goodies. The Italians turn it into a bitter digestivo liquor called Cynar; the French like them stuffed with parsley,...
