Learn the story behind the heroines driven to tragic ends in Puccini’s greatest operas: Madame Butterfly, Tosca, and Turandot.
New York: Hudson Valley
What is more refreshing then being outdoors, wheeling along country road at a comfortable pace and taking in the sights. On a bike and wine tour through Hudson Valley, each day brings a cornucopia of pleasures.
Oman: The Call of Sand and Sea
Musandam Peninsula in Oman has rugged beauty with spectacular fjord-like bays, 7,000-foot-high mountains and the white-sand Zighy Bay.
Mexico: Water Glories
Resort-hopping allows you to swim at the best beaches, snorkel at offshore reefs and swim in underground rivers (cenotes) in the Maya jungle. Pure bliss for water lovers.
California: Happy Hollandaise
NAPA—Copia has come back to life in time for the holidays. Chefs at the Culinary Institute of America enlighten us on the important matters of life such as making pasta and tasting wine. Find your favorite sparkling wine in a blind tasting class with a Napa Valley vintner. Dine at the restaurant on the latest dishes from culinary academia. […]
A Destination Wedding in the Nation’s Capital
WASHINGTON D.C. Guests flew in from around the U.S. and across the Pacific recently for my daughter’s wedding. I slept, the first night, on her fiancé’s sofa in his soon-to-be vacated bachelor apartment. The following afternoon, I settled into the Tabard Inn, the Dupont Circle hub where for nearly a decade my daughter spent evenings […]
