Upper East Side Story By Kristy Alpert An A-lister fave, The Mark boasts a one-of-a-kind hotel experience. Moreover, guests are chauffeured to the city’s top shopping spots, museums and galleries via the hotel’s black-and-white striped pedicabs, should a day of Read More …
What Lies Beneath By Kristy Alpert Discover amazing cave formations, including stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, box work and helictites that were sculpted by millions of years of geological activity at Colossal Cave (photo courtesy Visit Tucson). Sparkling caverns hold Arizona’s hidden splendor. Read More …
Surrender to Indulgence at Maine’s White Barn Inn By Kristy Alpert The smell of pine needles, brine and campfire smoke released into the air as I lifted my sweater over my head, and the scents once woven into the woolen fibers Read More …
Oh, Canada! By Kristy Alpert I HAD TO REMIND MYSELF I WAS NOT IN EUROPE AS I VEERED OFF THE PAVED SIDEWALK ONTO A COBBLE-STONED SIDE STREET IN MONTRÉAL’S HISTORIC DISTRICT. The gas lamps were glowing with pure Parisian panache against Read More …
Why Wait For The Honeymoon? by Kristy Alpert The newest complimentary wellness experience at this luxury resort lets brides bliss out before the wedding Sunset at the Sanctuary Spa Even though I didn’t arrive at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Read More …
ECO-CHIC IN THE BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST OF UGANDA A LOOK INSIDE THE LUXURIOUS VOLCANOES BWINDI LODGE Posted by Kristy Alpert It’s 3PM in the village of Bwindi and the afternoon rain ceasing prompts a chorus of African tree frogs to Read More …
Santa Fe Expressed by Kristy Alpert I arrived late in Santa Fe, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains already shaded to a deep indigo hue as my plane made its approach, the moon’s glow highlighting the sharp outline of the distant Read More …
Four Seasons Hualālai Spa Photo: Treatment room © FOUR SEASONS HUALALAI SPA By Kristy Alpert I WAS STILL GETTING RE-ACCUSTOMED TO WALKING on solid ground as I took my first step into the refreshingly cool waters of the Waiea (“Water Read More …
Natural Selection by Kristy Alpert I slowed my pace and walked with careful intention as I continued to scale my way ever upward over one final granite boulder. The hike I had begun less than 90 minutes earlier from the Read More …
Extreme Ways by Kristy Alpert The icy wind kissed the tip of my nose, spreading a slight chill to my rosy cheeks and down to my lips as i poked my face out of my expedition parka to see Read More …