by Samantha Collum | Oct 19, 2015 | Cities, Hotels, Lifestyle, Shopping, Uncategorized
[vc_row][vc_column][photo_box image=”5014″][/photo_box][vc_column_text] Winter X Games January 28-31, Colorado Every year, the Winter X Games showcases the greatest of extreme winter sports in snowy Aspen, Colorado. For four days, adrenaline junkies from...
by Samantha Collum | Oct 12, 2015 | Cities, Hotels, Lifestyle, Shopping, Uncategorized
Chic Hotels Perfect for Paris Fashion Week Twice a year, Paris Fashion Week brings the best of the best in ready-to-wear and haute couture fashion to the City of Light. Overseen by the French Fashion Federation since 1973, Paris Fashion Week is one of the “big four”...
by dasha | Jul 5, 2015 | Cities, Hotels, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=””] When I travel, I am always on the look out for hotels to recommend to our clients. Here are my...
by dasha | Jun 4, 2015 | Cities, Uncategorized
Day 3 in Beijing Our final, half day in Beijing was spent first in Tiananmen Square, and then inside the Forbidden City. Commencing at 8:30 am, our driver deposited us at the entrance to the square where our private guide had arranged special, unfettered insider entry...
by dasha | Jun 4, 2015 | Hotels, Lifestyle, News, Uncategorized
Day 2 in Beijing Day two was to be a trip the Great Wall. Due to it being May 1st,a national holiday, our driver and escort suggested visiting a section less traveled to reduce the crowds, which can be enormous. The drive there and back from the Shangri La was longer...
by dasha | Jun 2, 2015 | Cities, Hotels, Lifestyle, News, Uncategorized
Day 1 Two and one-half days in Beijing does not a trip make, but my husband Rick and I ambitiously crammed in everything we could to make the most of our abbreviated Beijing experience. Home base was to be the lovely China World Hotel, a Shangri La property, with...
