I’m embarrassed to admit I showed up really late in the game when it comes to realizing how awesome Miami is.  I guess that’s what I get for growing up without a lot of money and living in L.A. For [...]

Ahh, the Ritz Carlton in Jamaica.  Beautiful grounds, amazing rooms, and fantastic food… what more could you want?  Every-ting irie, mon!  Well, the whole point of traveling to an amazing destination is to take advantage of the local scene.  In [...]

I have to admit this – when someone suggested we go to a club named “The Crocker Club”, I wasn’t exactly jumping up and down with excitement. When I finally visited this venue, however, my tune changed and I was [...]

If you are looking for the quintessential Southern California beach experience, Huntington Beach is a great destination. And if you want the perfect combination of beach house and contemporary hotel, then the Shorebreak is for you. Just off of Main [...]

There are parties that we should all be aware exist, because they should be experienced at least once in our lifetimes. The Manhattan Beach 6 Man/Woman Volleyball tournament is one such party. Six man, as it has come to be [...]

Thanks to the people from Bluefish, my life (and writing) remains entertaining. In their most recent newsletter, they introduced Maverick Business Adventures’ “HALO Skydive”.  HALO stands for “High Altitude, Low Open” which in turn means: hang on to yout nuts [...]

Founded by Adrian Zucha in 1988, Aman (sanskrit for “peace) Resorts started from a single location in Phuket, Thailand and has expanded to 28 luxury resorts in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, France, French Polynesia, Indonesia, India, Laos, Montenegro, Morocco, Philippines, Sri Lanka, [...]

On most occassions, when giving travel advice to the Los Angeles area, I would usually recommend to not stay in the downtown area.  Depending on what one’s itinerary is, I would probably recommend staying by the water or staying close [...]

This little spiel was originally going to be about the spa in the Mandarin Oriental in New York, then I thought, what the hell? Why not chat about the entire hotel? Great hotels can have not such great spas, but [...]

We recently had a series of articles outlining what kind of vacation we would have if we won the lottery.  $2,000,000 can buy you a lot of kick-ass memories. Organizing and planning those memories, however, can be more “pain in the [...]

We’ve got a little over $71k and we’re trying to get to Africa and back home to the United States.  First things first, we’ve got to ship our cars and anything else back. Shipping for 3 cars and other purchases [...]

Writing this series of articles is fantastic.  It makes me wish I really won the lottery so we could actually do it.  Wait a minute….  I have a few tickets from the drawing last night.  I better check them out. [...]