It's happened! There's a gluten-free bakery in Paris now! Oui oui! Helmut Newcake 36, rue Bichat (10th) Tél: 09 82 59 00 39 (Open Tue-Sat noon to 9pm, Sun 10am-6pm) You can read all of the sweet details about the new Helmut Newcake gluten-free bakery over at the David Lebovitz blog. There are gorgeous [...]

Bat motif outside our balcony at the Condes De Barcelona Hotel This is the second installment of  the post titled Gluten-Free Croissants: Dream The Impossible Gluten-Free Dream. Jasmine and I stayed at the Condes De Barcelona Hotel on the popular Passeig de Gracia; the Catalan equivalent of 5th Avenue in NYC. Our room was the [...]

The Wildflower 877-LAV-ROCK (528-7625) As you may know, the main reason we were invited to come visit The Lodge At Vail was to check out the new Wildflower restaurant menu. The restaurant has been around for years, but Chef Paul Wade was hired last Fall and just completed a total revamp; including everything from interior [...]

This article was graciously contributed by Maria Roglieri and Sara Friedman. It's cherry blossom time in Washington, D.C. – a great time to take in the sweet sights and smells of all the beautiful flowers as you stroll along the Tidal Basin. The cherry blossoms are peaking a little early despite all the tons of [...]

View from the lookout at Hadrian's Villa. Looks like a painting, no? An interesting day trip from Rome is a visit to Hadrian's Villa. We took the train to the town of Tivoli, and then the No. 4 bus a short 4 miles to the site.* Evidently, the town of Tivoli itself has a lot [...]