Galeries Lafayette Rooftop Dining Bar

Secret Paris: Free Views from Galleries Lafayette Rooftop, La Terrasse

If you are going to Paris, I’m likely to give you the following direction “Go to the Chanel counter of Galleries Lafayette, stop and look up!” Your eyes will be richly rewarded.  As for your wallet, well that’s another story depending on your willpower for luxury clothes, accessories and macarons […]

Paris Winter Snow Louvre

A Free Night in Paris with Starwood Luxury Privileges

Springtime in Paris conjures up warm sunny days of a romantic city as you walk through the Tuileries to enjoy an evening at the Louvre. It’s easy to love a city at its peak – sunny days, temperature just right and the locals enjoy the cafes and parks.  It’s much harder […]

London Photo Shoot Flytographer Hector

Flytographer London Photo Shoot- I Was No Longer a Phantom

If you ever wondered what it would be like to be a model, well I had a taste of it recently and its hard work.  “You did what?” my friend asked when I casually mentioned the professional Flytographer London photo shoot I arranged for me & Mom.  “You HATE being […]

London Tower Bride and HMS Belfast on Thames

4th Annual Travel Review: A Rebuilding Year with the London Hat Trick

Another year over…a new one yet begun. So for this year’s blog summary & travel review (it’s four years now!), I look back at the year that was 2016.  If you are a sports fan, then you’ll understand that 2016 for me was a rebuilding year.  I was decimated in […]

Standard Double Room My Bloomsbury Hotel London

My Bloomsbury Hotel Review – Crushed Expectations in the Pink Room

At the World Travel Market in London, the speaker spoke about the boutique hotel experience and “how it makes you feel”.  He noted that the experience starts the minute you arrive (or often times before that on social media and the hotel website) – the design, smell and people make […]

Concorde Room Heathrow

British Airways Concorde Room (First Class Lounge) Review at Heathrow

I’ve read it’s been called “The Millionaire’s Door” and Mom and I got to walk through that door after we passed through fast track security at London Heathrow Terminal 5.  We were greeted at that door by a British Airways staff member who looked at our boarding passes and said […]

Santa hat, stockings on sale in Paris

Thanksgiving in Paris, the Year Mom Boycotted Our Turkey Dinner

Growing up in my small family, Thanksgiving dinner meant that we pulled out the dining room table to add a leaf to seat six.  The china cabinet was opened and the dishes on display most of the year were carefully removed and set for dinner.  Pulling out the silver drawer […]