by Michelle and Kurt Winner
The Chateau Challain exists for dreamers.Just an hour and a half from the city of light and no less grand than her older counterparts in the Loire, this relatively young chateau in neo- Gothic style, sometimes dubbed the “petit Chambord” awaits your royal visit for a few nights or longer stay .
Newlyweds Jenn Wojcik and Ryan Aguirre met in Arizona and “absolutely fell in love with Sedona.” Married in Sedona last spring, Wojcik says, “there is no backdrop for wedding pictures more beautiful in our eyes.”
At HotelChatter we love a guy with experience and we give bonus points if he knows his way around a kitchen. It seems Benchmark Hospitality values these traits too and their choice of new Executive Chef Peter Birk to revamp Seattle’s Hotel 1000′s BOKA restaurant is working out just fine. We were headed to BOKA [...]
Paris can be the city of dreams and light. But unless you are a trustafarian, prince or dignitary you must find a way to enjoy Paris without breaking the bank. One seldom thinks of Paris as a “ budget travel” city. But there are values to be had. Value travel is not defined as budget travel; it is realizing great reward for the money spent. Planning your trip from the UK is easy.
A homage to decadence, it is fun to turn away and escape into a dream of indulgent excess via this cupcake
It’s an ordinary day, with kids playing volleyball on a beachfront lawn that spills out toward the ocean with a view to the Mokuluas, here in Hawaii—except the kids next-door are guarded by sniper nests . . .
Having lived in Hawaii for more than ten years, I developed a taste for local style foods. But now living in Oregon, I have had to figure out how to make these delicious dishes at home. And one of my favorites is a spicy saimin, or noodle soup with all of the fixings. It even [...]