October 2010

Letter from Paris: A New Edition of “Hungry for Paris”
Our Letter from Paris columnist, Alexander Lobrano, is the author of Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City’s 102 Best Restaurants It’s just been released in a new, updated edtion by Random House.

Steve Jermanok’s Active Travels: Vermont Spas
The rap on Vermont skiing was that the ski resorts were based in historic New England towns that lacked the modern amenities of the resorts out West. Not any longer. The Woodstock Inn (above), close to the skiing at Killington and Suicide Six, just unveiled their $10 million spa in

Long Island: A Tale of Two Forks
Panoramic View Resort. By Shari Hartford First the geography. Long Island is shaped like a fish. The southern tail, or South Fork, is where you will find the Hamptons and Montauk Point. The northern tail, or North Fork, is home to Greenport and Orient Point. Generally speaking, the North Fork
Worst Airlines for Flight Cancellations
How did Continental stack up? By Everett Potter Remember last year’s flight-delay horror stories about passengers kept waiting for agonizing hours on the runway before takeoff? Well, get ready for a new kind of airport nightmare: increased flight cancellations. Read my full story on cancellations at Travel + Leisure
Time to Ski: Warren Miller 2010
Ready to get jazzed for the mountains? Here’s the trailer for this year’s Warren Miller film.

Letter from Paris: The Last Good Brasserie in Paris?
By Alexander Lobrano Obsessively interested in good food, I always have the makings of at least one or two good meals on hand at home so that as someone who travels often, I never end up being forced to call out for a mediocre pizza or Indian food of unknown

Steve Jermanok’s Active Travels: Ski the Alps
I had lunch yesterday with 12 ski resorts from the Swiss, French, Italian, German, and Austrian Alps. Travel to the Alps from America was up a whopping 50 percent this past summer and 30 percent last winter.

A Podcast Interview with Everett Potter by Maribeth Clemente
My friend and colleague, Maribeth Clemente (above), has the best of both worlds: she’s a Francophile who travels frequently to France and she lives in one of the most beautiful mountain towns in the US, the ski town of Telluride.
SpaWatch: Skaná Spa
By Mary Alice Kellogg Normally SpaWatcher is skeptical about the spa-casino combo. She has frequented many a casino resort spa – for research, of course – and too often found that exiting a massage only to run into a giant gaming floor does damage to her alpha state. Can relaxation