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PARADISE COVE MALIBU CALIFORNIA

Nice is a word that applies. Easy-going too, and comfortably uncrowded (except on gorgeous-weather weekends and holidays). In fact, Paradise Cove on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, just might be the best-kept-secret sunshine place for L.A. families and friends to enjoy a beach/cafe experience without the razzle, dazzle hoopla of Hollywood or a touristy […]

WORLD’S BEST BEER BARS BY BILL YENNE

Bill Yenne has been writing about beer for a quarter century and is among the world’s leading authorities on beer and brewing history. Then again, he’s an authority on many topics, having contributed to encyclopedias of both world wars as well as having authored more than three dozen non-fiction books with topics ranging from aviation to biography (Julius […]

¶ Posted 24 November 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BARS § BEER § BELGIUM § BEVERAGES § BOOKS § BRUGGE § CALIFORNIA § CZECH REPUBLIC § DRINKS § GERMANY § HAWAII § MUNICH § SAN FRANCISCO § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: beer, Bill Yenne, Brugge, Czech Republic, Hawaii, Hofbräuhaus München, Kauai Island Brewery, Munich, Saminee De Garre, San Francisco, Toronado, U Fleku Pivovar

THE BERLIN WALL

As you know, after World War II the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and France divided Germany into four occupied zones. Berlin was encased in the Soviet section, but due to the importance of the city as the capital of Germany and center of the Nazi regime, the allies also divvied up the […]

¶ Posted 08 November 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BERLIN § GERMANY § MUSEUMS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Berlin, Berlin Wall, Berlin Wall Memorial, Black Box Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie, East Germany, East Side Gallery, Mauermuseum, Palace of Tears, Tränenpalast, West Germany, World War II

ST. LOUIS HIDDEN TREASURES

Randy Tankersley is a self confessed history nut. He is also a complex, creative man with a gift for storytelling. His storytelling takes many forms. He used storytelling while working as a broadcast photojournalist for ABC News Midwest bureau—a job that brought him to St Louis in 1988. He excels at “visually branded storytelling through […]

¶ Posted 05 October 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § DRINKS § MISSOURI § PRODUCTS § ST. LOUIS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: City Garden, Eric Sarrinen, Gateway Arch, Henry Shaw, Planter's House Bar, Planter's House Hotel, Planter's Punch, Pontiac, Randy Tankersley, St. Louis, STL Lost & Found, Wainwright Building

BEST DESIGN-RICH PARIS HOTELS

They are like fraternal twins with features in common, but totally different looks.As to similarities, both hotels sit in the spiffy Eighth Arrondissement of Paris, a short stroll to the Champs Elysées. Both are relatively new or newly recreated and boast five star designations. Both offer comfortable, luxurious stays at rates less than “palace” hotels […]

¶ Posted 25 September 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § FRANCE § PARIS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Art Deco, design, France, Hôtel du Collectionneur, Hôtel Vernet, Le Safran, Paris, Purple Bar, Restaurant The V

RED STAR LINE MUSEUM, ANTWERP, BELGIUM

What do Albert Einstein, Vito Corleone, Irving Berlin, Golda Meir and U.S Navy Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover have in common? All immigrated to America on the Red Star Line, an ocean-crossing passenger line transporting some 2.5 million European emigrants to New York and Philadelphia between 1873 and 1934. How do I know this? I visited the […]

¶ Posted 12 September 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ANTWERP § BELGIUM § MUSEUMS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Albert Einstein, Antwerp, Belgium, Golda Meir, Irving Berlin, Red Star Line Museum, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover, Vito Corleone

WHERE TO EAT IN CODY, WYOMING

Ruffin Prevost is a Cody, Wyoming-based reporter who covers the state for Reuters wire service and also operates the Yellowstone Gate, an independent, online new service focusing on activities, dining, lodging and breaking news around Yellowstone National Park. A busy man, Ruffin is also the founder of Cody Local, a nonprofit aimed at educating visitors and locals […]

¶ Posted 15 August 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BARS § CODY § DRINKS § RESTAURANTS § WYOMING § YELLOWSTONE ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: 8th Street at The Ivy, Cassie's Supper Club, Cody, Heritage Bakery and Bistro, Juniper: Bar + Market + Bistro, Ruffin Prevost, Silver Dollar Bar & Grill, Trail Shop Inn & Restaurant, Wapiti, Whole Foods Trading Co., Willow Fence Tea Room, WYOMING, Yellowstone National Park

D’Chez Eux and Perfect Roast Chicken

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” an epigram coined in 1849 by French journalist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, has traveled through time, been translated into different languages (English: the more things change, the more they stay the same) and morphed into a proverb. Used by a variety of people around the world, including statesmen, writers, moms […]

¶ Posted 08 August 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § ENTREES § FRANCE § PARIS § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: D'Chez Eux, France, La coucou de Rennes, Paris, Poulet rôti, Roast Chicken

Paris Wine Bars

Noël Balen grew up sure of two things: what he wanted to do with his life—music and writing books—and what he didn’t want to do—all the rest. He has certainly achieved his goals. Noël is not only a musician, music critic, director and producer, but also a well-known author. His writing career began with a whodunit, […]

¶ Posted 01 August 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BARS § BEVERAGES § DRINKS § FRANCE § PARIS § RESTAURANTS § WINE ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Noël Balen, Paris, The Winemaker Detective, wine, wine bars

Lake Yellowstone Hotel

Once upon a time she was described as a “plain Jane three-story shoebox, with windows,” but Lake Yellowstone Hotel has enjoyed Cinderella updates through the years and remains—at 123 years old—belle of the ball for national park visitors who want to combine history, comfort and a classy stay on the quiet shore of Yellowstone Lake. […]