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LITTLE DIX BAY & ISLAND SALAD RECIPE

“Let me tell you about the very rich,” writes F. Scott Fitzgerald, “They are different from you and me.” Well I can’t speak for you, but the rich are definitely different from me. The rich get to build wonderful resorts. And the rich get to stay in them. Case in point: Little Dix Bay in […]

HOT SPRINGS AND COOL SLAW

Mother Nature set the scene. This was back in the beginning of time, when she blessed a particular batch of water, heated it to about 143°F in the depths of the earth and bubbled it up to springs flowing along the lower slopes of what would be called Hot Springs Mountain (part of the Ouachita […]

¶ Posted 29 April 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § ARKANSAS § HOT SPRINGS § RECIPES § RESORTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Arkansas, Arlington Resort Hotel, Bathhouse Row, Buckstaff Bathhouse, cole slaw, Fordyce Bathhouse, Hot Springs, Lamar Bathhouse, McClard's Bar-B-Q, National Park, Quapaw Bathhouse

WALD & SCHLOSSHOTEL FRIEDRICHSRUHE

The Wald & Schlosshotel (Forest & Castle Hotel) Friedrichsruhe covers all bases. This award-winning, “five-star, superior” resort hotel is at once historic and contemporary, luxurious and casual, healthful and indulging. Its top-notch facilities provide ideal venues for both business and leisure travelers, gourmets and dieters, and active guests as well as those who just […]

¶ Posted 27 January 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § COCKTAILS § Friedrichsruhe § GERMANY § RESORTS § RESTAURANTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Boris Benecke, Friedrichsruhe, Germany, Gourmet Restaurant, Hohenlohe, Jagerstaub, San Vino, Wald & Schlosshotel

Mandarin Oriental Paris

Today is my birthday. I wish I were in Paris. More precisely, I wish I were in Paris staying at the Mandarin Oriental Paris—a celebration hotel if ever there was one. Unlike other Paris five stars, which can be elegant to the point of stuffy, the Mandarin creates an atmosphere of luxury gift wrapped with […]

¶ Posted 08 September 2013 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § FRANCE § PARIS § RESTAURANTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Bar 8, Camélia, Man Ray, Mandarin Oriental Paris, Paris, Sur Mesure, Thierry Marx

SPA, BELGIUM

WHAT TO DO In the beginning (in a wooded valley of the Ardennes mountain chain in what is today eastern Belgium) water sprang forth from the earth. The water produced in the cluster of springs was far from ordinary. People believed it to be imbued with healing powers. Soon a village formed around the […]

¶ Posted 12 July 2013 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BELGIUM § RESTAURANTS § SPA § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off °

Château de Cîteaux La Cueillette and Pure French Magic

The address alone, on the Route de Grands Crus, in Meursault, France, is enough to please gourmets and oenophiles. The gracious chateau, sitting in the midst of Burgundy’s most historic vineyards, will charm lovers of both history and style. Add a contemporary spa based on magical (as in beautifying, anti-ageing and anti-stress) “Fruititherapy,” and Château de […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BURGUNDY § FRANCE § RESTAURANTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off °

BIKINI BOOT CAMP AND GRILLED FISH SALAD

According to recent research (conducted by myself and certainly not with any facts attached), The Riviera Maya, along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, hosts more spas than any other similar-sized area on the planet. Riviera Maya spas run the gamut from five-star palaces of perfection, where attentive staff oil and spoil tony clients in settings both serene […]

¶ Posted 06 July 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § DIETS § ENTREES § MEXICO § RECIPES § RESORTS § RESTAURANTS § RIVIERA MAYA § SALADS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Amansala, Bikini Boot Camp, Grilled Fish Salad, Mexico, Riviera Maya, spa, Tulum

ADLER THERMAE SPA RESORT

Talk about the best of all possible spa worlds. Adler Thermae Spa Resort culls the finest characteristics from its German/Italian partnership to create an ideal wellness getaway. Forgive the stereotyping, but due to the German management, the spa resort is orderly, spotlessly clean and run with medical precision. Italians contribute not only a fabulous location […]

¶ Posted 27 April 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § ENTREES § ITALY § PASTA § RECIPES § RESORTS § TRAVEL § TUSCANY ‡ Comments Off °

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

Dark colored chocolates and goodies from Britain, Give me a taste and I’m totally smitten. Scallops and lobster that come to my door, Are some of the feast foods I simply adore. Bright shiny cookbooks and facials with red wine, Flying to Paris on OpenSkies airline. Wanting suggestions for what Santa brings? Here are the […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2011 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BOOKS § CHOCOLATE ‡ Comments Off °

GRAND VELAS SPECIALITY COCKTAIL

GRAND VELAS ALL SUITES & SPA RESORT in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, does everything right, even seeing to details of cocktails.

¶ Posted 27 August 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COCKTAILS § RESORTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Grand Velas, Malibu, melon liqueur, Mexico, Nuevo Vallarta