Musée d’Orsay’s Renoir and Love Is Paris’ Most Enchanting Exhibition of the Season
There are museum exhibitions you admire, and then there are exhibitions that leave you enchanted long after you’ve stepped back onto the streets of Paris. Renoir et l’amour: La modernité heureuse (1865-1885) (Renoir and Love: A Joyful Modernity) at the Musée d’Orsay is very much the latter—a luminous celebration of beauty, romance, friendship and the simple pleasures of everyday life that reminds visitors why...
Parisian Perfection at Hotel Normandy Le Chantier
If you’re looking for a wonderful hotel experience in one of the best neighborhoods in Paris, check into Normandy Le Chantier. The hotel’s superlative service started even before I left Los Angeles for France, when the staff, upon my request, kindly emailed me a curated list of recommendations for restaurants and bars, complete with links to each. The same person who was kind enough to take the time to do so was the one who escorted...
Uno More Reason to Love Traveling to Mexico
Cabo San Lucas. Cancun. Puerto Vallarta. Cozumel. Acapulco. Do you really need another reason to visit Mexico? Well now there is one, and travelers who flock to the country’s popular destinations and have shopping high on their to-do lists will be very pleased, as will passengers aboard cruise ships that hit Mexican ports. It’s a program called Moneyback that is similar to Europe’s VAT. International travelers to Mexico can receive an...
Magic Mexico: Three Sun & Fun-Filled Days in Puerto Vallarta
If you are looking for an authentic, relaxing and magical vacation by the sea, look no further than Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Situated on the Pacific Ocean in Mexico’s state of Jalisco—the home of tequila—PV first achieved worldwide acclaim when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton shot “The Night of the Iguana” there in 1963. Its attraction was so strong that the film’s legendary director, John Huston, made it his home in his final...
From Petrossian to Pinkberry, You’re Getting Upgraded at LAX
Waiting for a recent flight Mexico City from the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, you might have thought you were at some midsize city airport instead of at the gateway to and from the second largest city in the United States. It was 10 p.m., not that late according to most people’s standards, yet there were absolutely no food service vendors open in the terminal. What that essentially meant is it that it was...
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