Full Disclosure: I received a complimentary night at Hotel Elysée. These are my opinions about the hotel. Your opinions may vary. The chatter of Italian businessmen in the lobby mixes with music seldom heard to my ears. “You have been upgraded to a suite,” the woman behind the desk says with a smile. I am shown to the elevator, an elevator seemingly from the film Thoroughly Modern Millie, the kind you might have to dance to get going to your desired floor. Stepping into Hotel Elysée is like stepping back into another era, where the reception is warm and the charm comes through quirky Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of October 17, 2011
From a colder Denver, I bring you this week’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. In case you are new to this site, each week I ask writers and readers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week. I read each submission, comment, tweet the article on Twitter, stumble the piece using Stumbleupon and place a link to the post on my Facebook page. The following week I select my five favorite submissions to be featured here and the stumbling begins again into the next week. Just a few things to keep in mind, please only submit one post per person each week. Your submission should be travel related. Continue Reading
Pawleys Island, South Carolina Wishes You Were Here
It is a Saturday, the perfect day for unadulterated laziness. The week is gone and the weekend has arrived. I hop in the car with coffee in hand on this Saturday morning to explore Pawleys Island. Crossing over a causeway, embraced by salt marshes on each side, the disconnect between the mainland to this barrier island lends the sensation of leaving it all behind, as only few places can. Just 70 miles north of Charleston and 25 miles south of Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island seems to forever remain floating in a lazy Saturday state of mind. The barrier island is less than four miles long, but Continue Reading
My Airline Broke Up With Me: The Importance of Airlines Flying The Friendly Skies
My sister was set to leave for England. Being a brand new doctor, it was her only time off for some 200 days. It was a trip she was anticipating with each passing day, until she received this email from the airline: “Dear _____, We regret to inform you that a cancellation has affected the following flights: (Flight numbers listed) We apologize for this disruption and any inconvenience this might cause you. Thank you for choosing (Insert airline of your choice here).” The message included no explanation, no phone number to call to figure out if she had been rebooked. As she Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of October 10, 2011
Another week passes and I present this week’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. In case you are new to this site, each week, I ask writers and readers to share their favorite travel posts of the week. I read each submission, comment, tweet the article on Twitter, stumble the post using Stumbleupon and post a link to the piece on my Facebook page. The following week, I select my five favorites to be featured here and the stumbling begins again into the next week. Just a few things to keep in mind, please only submit one post per person each week. Your article should be travel related. Leave your Continue Reading
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Wishes You Were Here
The perfect recipe for a place throws in a hint of the old and a dash of the new. Heading away from Asheville and destined for the coast, I picked a point in the middle of North Carolina to spend the night. Winston-Salem, a ying and yang sort of two-part town sits in central North Carolina. Beginning with the Winston piece of this puzzle, I roamed a modern town, full of bars, restaurants and life. Winston boomed in the 19th and 20th centuries as an industrial trading hub. Tobacco and textiles were the names of the game around here, as you can still see today in Winston’s more industrial neck Continue Reading
Redhead Reviews: Going On Location in New York City
Full Disclosure: I received a complimentary New York TV and Movie Sites tour with On Location Tours. All of my opinions about the tour are my own. Your opinions may vary. As part of my September of travel, I was lucky enough to squeeze in a mother-daughter trip to New York City at the end of the month. My mom and I were graciously invited to take an On Location Tour on a rainy New York day. On Location Tours take travelers on various tours in New York, Washington D.C., and Boston, focusing on the sights of cities as seen through the movie and TV camera. In terms of New York City, On Continue Reading