Cooking with Julia (so to speak)
There’s no one better to give you a little “taste” of France than Elinor Griffith on one of her Griffith Gourmet tours. “Pinch me,”…
The magnificent seven
When I was a child, my mother would take us each year to The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. We were in…
Rio to see-o
Rio de Janeiro is a study in contrasts, a city of the sacred and the profane. Christ the Redeemer – one of the New…
Playing in the snow
The XXII Olympic Winter Games, which are scheduled to take place Feb. 7-23 in Sochi, Russia, mark the first Olympics for that country since…
Vienna hits all the right notes
The evening of Sept. 24 was joyous at The Metropolitan Opera as maestro James Levine – who had been incapacitated for two years with…
Journey to the white continent
Are you an extreme explorer? Then start planning a once-in-a-lifetime expedition to Antarctica, earth’s final frontier. Out there you’ll discover a world of waddling…
A Tuscan favorite
If you’re headed to Tuscany for its fine textiles, views and vintages, you might want to check out the Castello di Casole, which was…
The real fountain of youth
When I hear the word “wellness,” I immediately think of Dr. Ana Aslan, whom I met in Romania, where she was born Jan. 1,…
The eternal sunshine of Costa Rica
Costa Rica is an ecotourist’s paradise – a beguiling land of unending sun, an oasis of calm. Whether you’re looking for city nightlife, jungle…
Into Africa
Get up close and personal in Kenya If you haven’t put a safari on your bucket list, do it now. My safari in Kenya…
The winter queen
Glorious St. Petersburg Photographs by Shirley Zhao By Cappy Devlin Recently, I went to see the movie “Anna Karenina.” Based on the novel by…
Viva Las Vegas
Our happy wanderer Cappy Devlin knows that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas – until she writes about it.
Breakneck Beauty
If there is one place that should be on everyone’s “bucket list,” it is the Amalfi Coast. It offers visitors a dangerous beauty – spectacular views of sea and sky and hairpin turns.
ON THE WORLD STAGE
Wasn’t Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee just thrilling? The BBC concert at Buckingham Palace, the thousand-boat flotilla on the Thames. And despite the horrendous weather, the Queen herself in her gold-crusted barge, the Spirit of Chartwell, waving to the more than one million people who lined the riverbanks.
WHERE NATURE AND CIVILIZATION EMBRACE
Mystical, mysterious, majestic Angkor The temples of Angkor are one of the most breathtaking sites you can experience. Dating from 802 to 1432, these…
1001 ARABIAN (HORSE) NIGHTS
As a child, I loved horse shows. We went almost every year to the horse show at Madison Square Garden. In the ’80s, I…