Two Writers, 50 States, Endless Stories
Posted in Do, New Mexico, Stay on Apr 26th, 2010
Saturday is World Labyrinth Day which is convenient because I was planning to tell you about this labyrinth anyway, and now I have a “news hook” to validate my existence.
I’m in love with the labyrinth on the Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico. I walked it twice during my recent two-day visit and [...]
Posted in Arizona, California, Eat and Drink, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, Stay, Tennessee on Feb 17th, 2010
A funny thing happened on the way to my looking-back-on-luxury hotel list: I realized that, when it comes to luxury, it really takes something special for me to remember it. I love a plush king-size bed layered with high thread count sheets. I adore a soft and oversized bathrobe. I go ga ga over a [...]
Posted in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Stay, Texas, Utah on Feb 15th, 2010
Though I’m always game for a kitschy motel, I am not immune to the charms of luxury. Not at all, especially if someone else is paying, which is usually the case when I’m ensconced in 1,200-thread-count Egyptian cotton sheets.
Virtuoso, a network of “if you have to ask you can’t afford it” travel agents, just released [...]
Posted in Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Stay, Wisconsin on Dec 10th, 2009
I’m a big fan of the fireplace. If my hotel room has a fireplace, I make time to sit in front of it no matter how much seeing and doing I’ve done all day. Forget Jacuzzi tubs. They take forever to fill and sound like an idling jet-engine. Go for the fireplace instead.
When I travel [...]
Posted in Alaska, Go, Maine, Oregon, Stay, Three-fer Friday on Oct 2nd, 2009
There’s a lot of go-see-do to travel. But, every now and again, weather puts the kibosh on out and about plans. (Phew.) Here, some rooms we’re happy to get stranded in.
Today’s Three-fer Friday guest writer is Hilary Nangle. When it comes to the go-see-do (and get stranded) of Maine, she’s our must-read writer of [...]
I’ve always appreciated the sight of a windmill on the horizon but otherwise, gave windmills little thought.
That changed after I visited the boring-sounding American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas where the huge collection of vintage windmills can only be described as folk art. First I was charmed, then I slapped my forehead when the [...]
I learned about the Double J Hacienda & Art Ranch in a Facebook status line (thanks Barry!). It’s in Mineral Wells, Texas, an old spa town over which the derelict, once-glamorous Baker Hotel still looms.
The rambling hacienda is owned by Jane and Jimmy Baldwin; she’s a yoga teacher, he’s a singer-songwriter and creative director with [...]
Posted in Alaska, California, Colorado, Go, Massachusetts, Montana, Ohio, Stay, Tennessee, Texas, Three-fer Friday, Utah on Jul 24th, 2009
With apologies to Tina Fey for, above, bastardizing her character’s now famous line, here, the hotels/B&Bs/other-places-with-beds-that-aren’t-our-homes that we would like to move into permanently.
Jenna’s Picks
Few hotels–if any–merge whimsy, history, and upscale delights like Boston’s Liberty Hotel, which is partially housed in a former jail. I would spend my Saturday mornings doing Yoga in the [...]
No greater test of friendship exists than a six-day road trip in a 32-foot RV (or, if you prefer the industry lingo, motorhome). In college, I would have named seeing my best friend start dating the love of my life/cute boy down the hall (drama, blurgh) as the end-all be-all of friendship tests but that? [...]
Posted in Discuss, New Mexico, Stay on Apr 8th, 2009
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. It’s the only town in the world named for a TV show. In 1950, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show (which started on radio), the producers challenged a town to change its name to Truth or Consequences and the anniversary show would be taped there.
This southern New Mexico [...]
