Palace Prime, A Santa Fe Tradition Reborn
Palace Prime’s spacious dining room features touches of the original red decor You can practically feel the history of the place as you walk into Santa Fe’s Palace Prime Steak + Seafood, the newest incarnation at a location that have served locals and tourists alike for coming up on a couple of centuries. That’s right. This fine dining establishment sits on the site of what was once a gambling saloon and a bordello in the...
Santa Fe Indian Market a Smashing Success, Even During the Pandemic
It is the largest Native arts festival in the world and despite all of the precautions taken to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Santa Fe’s Indian Market wrapped up its 99th edition in a spirit of celebration. Sure, we heard people remarking that in previous years it was so crowded that you could barely walk through the streets of the historic Plaza area, lined with the booths of artists showcasing everything from pottery,...
The Napa River Inn: Your Perfect Home Base in Wine Country
Napa River Inn at the Historic Napa Mill A vacation in California’s storied wine country is always a cause for celebration. There is so much to drink in and we have found no more perfect place to take it all in than at the Inn, the Napa River Inn at the Historic Napa Mill. The moment we walked in to the hotel lobby and were greeted warmly, we knew it was going to be a delightful visit. Yes, the pandemic was raging but the timing was...
Sipping Cosmopolitans on the Sex and the City Hotspots Tour
You might think that the love for The Big Four – Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda – might have died down a bit since the ladies were last seen on screen. But you would be wrong. HBO’s Sex and the City, which ran from 1998 until 2004 and spawned two feature films has grown even more iconic over the years, as have the locations all over New York City that the girls (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cantrell, Kristin Davis and Cynthia...
A Splendid Stay at the Shelburne Hotel NYC
It was an all-new experience in New York City for us, staying in a different part of town than usual and in a hotel we’d never tried before – the Shelburne Hotel & Suites. We arrived at night during the holiday season and from the front doors of the hotel were greeted with a splendid view of the Empire State Building lit up in red and green for the season. It was an auspicious start to our visit, which included a bucket list item...