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Head to Healdsburg!

By Greer Wylder

October 01, 2010

By Greer Wylder Making plans for a Sonoma wine country visit? There’s a new hip kid on the block in Healdsburg should be your next go-to destination in Sonoma: h2hotel. It’s a sustainable-style, boutique hotel with just 36 rooms and a youthful vibe that’s easy on the pocketbook, and literally just minutes away from the Charles M. Schulz/Sonoma County Airport (in other words you could be there this afternoon). Is it eco-friendly? Check. It’s built to LEED Gold green building certification, with aesthetic touches like a living roof planted reclaimed wood and concrete, solar heated pool and hot water in…

DISCOVERING DENALI

By Greer Wylder

September 24, 2010

By Joanne Tucker Words like magnificent, stunning, and awesome fall short when describing Denali National Park. Except to say―a visit to nature’s masterpiece, sculpted by wind, water and glaciers offers an exciting remote wilderness experience, where bears, moose, caribou and Dall sheep make their home. There’s no other way to say this: Alaska is huge! With few major highways or roads, you may ask: How do I get to Denali National Park from Anchorage or Fairbanks? With a wide variety of ways to reach Denali, we began our Alaska adventure on Alaska Airlines, which we boarded at OC’s John Wayne…

FAIRBANKS & BEYOND

By Greer Wylder

September 15, 2010

By Joanne Tucker Fairbanks is the gateway to a vast untamed wilderness. Yes, Fairbanks is Alaska’s super central locale where visitors can easily access Gates of the Arctic National Park, Denali National Park and Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve by car, air, train and even guided ecotours. After a flight on Alaska Airlines from OC’s John Wayne Airport to Seattle and then straight into Fairbanks, we made this fair city our base camp for exploring the enchanting land of the midnight sun during our exciting trek through our country’s 49th state. Shaped by its early 1900s pioneer spirit and…

Experience Fashion at St. Regis Mexico City

By Greer Wylder

September 15, 2010

By Greer Wylder Wow! Put this down under “Things we want to do”: You can experience an ultimate day of fashion and luxury available exclusively at the new luxury landmark hotel, The St. Regis Mexico City at historic Paseo De La Reforma. The Masaryk Experience includes a personal chauffer service to Mexico City’s famed Masaryk Avenue (said to be on par with New York’s 5th Avenue, or Beverly Hill’s Rodeo Drive) for private style sessions at five of the city’s top designer showrooms, and a private dinner in the elegant Decanter room. When guests book this package they can select…

WONDERFUL WEST HOLLYWOOD

By Greer Wylder

September 10, 2010

By Raven Krystal West Hollywood is an epic destination for those who wish to truly imbibe the rich, living cultural history of modern music and sophisticated luxury through this city’s many famous music venues and posh hotels. Located right in the middle of WeHo’s Sunset Strip chaos, the Sunset Marquis Hotel sprawls across five lush acres in spa-like serenity. Opened in 1963, this gorgeous boutique hotel has transformed over the decades into a celebrity hotspot and urban getaway extraordinare. The hotel’s sumptuous suites and private villas range from junior to two-bedroom kingdoms, giving stars the freedom to go it alone…