Month: February 2009

After my stop in Los Angeles, it was back on the plane to Puerto Vallarta to check out the new St. Regis Punta Mita and the towns farther north. I was last in PV for my Condé Nast Traveler piece on surfing and driving Highway 200 along the West Coast of Mexico; I love this …

Heading to Los Angeles? I was just there last week and have some new discoveries. First stop: I checked into the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, which is undergoing a huge $30 million renovation. Not to be confused with the brand of the same name, this is a family-owned boutique hotel, right on Ocean Avenue. …

Last fall, starting in September, I traveled and wrote a story about affordable European destinations for Condé Nast Traveler’s February issue. By October, with the economy tanking, it was clear that the piece would have even more relevance, and how all of us–magazine editors and travelers alike–were going to have to think increasingly about good …