A white-uniformed Catalina Express crewmember hops off the double-deck ferry onto the Dana Point dock. She nonchalantly announces that there’s been a water main break on Catalina Island. Consequently, all the restaurants there are currently closed. It’s a Friday, approaching noon […]
What’s taken me so long to get to Austin? None of my exes live in Texas, so that wasn’t an issue. Over the years, I’ve visited the infamous book depository in Dallas; reveled on the River Walk in San Antonio; […]
Storyteller. Therapist. Mixologist. Bartender Casey Lyons is a mixologist who routinely goes outside the lines creating cocktail recipes. He is Walter White with liquor and mixers, willing to go all Breaking Bad with certain concoctions. When the crowd is three-deep […]
NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19, MOST LAS VEGAS BUFFETS ARE CLOSED. THE LONE EXECPTION IS WICKED SPOOK AT COSMOPOLITAN, WHICH DOES SEATED, STAFF SERVICE. Great buffets in Las Vegas are mot just about all-you-can-eat excess. No longer low-brow cafeterias, in many […]
“Ask the locals” is almost always the best way to get a true beat on a city. That’s the approach used in the following Destination Guides (created by Junkets And Jaunts editor Ron Donoho for Granite Media’s outstanding site Far And […]
Road warriors: Based largely on research I’ve done for Successful Meetings, here are some insights about what’s new and improved in business travel circles: AUSTIN’S AT&T HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER Live music venues, coffeehouses, food trucks and eclectic storefronts help […]
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS During a sailing excursion to the islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, I discovered natural wonders, native hospitality…and found a pal who knew as many quotes from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as I […]
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