The Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey exudes elegance mikecohen January 30, 2018 2843 MARINA DEL REY - Given some memorable experiences at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel here in Montreal, I was very eager to spend some time at the Marina del Rey location during my family’s recent visit to California. ...
Spend your last night or two at the Westin LAX mikecohen January 12, 2018 3380 Westin LAX LOS ANGELES - Rather than rush to checkout of our Santa Monica hotel to get to the airport for our return flight home, we decided to stay at the Westin Los Angeles Airport (www.westinlosangelesairpo...
Soaking up in the sun in gorgeous Santa Monica mikecohen January 11, 2018 3005 SANTA MONICA - After spending a week in San Francisco and five days in Beverly Hills, we decided to conclude our family trip with a relaxing five day stay in Santa Monica (www.santamonica.com), a mere eight no...
Discovering Sixt Rental Car: a new option in North America worth exploring mikecohen October 23, 2017 4157 Sixt Rental Car LOS ANGELES - For our recent trip to California, renting a car was a priority. In researching all of the different options I came across one I was not familiar with, called Sixt Rent-a-Car (w...
A glamorous place to stay and two extraordinary restaurants in Beverly Hills mikecohen October 22, 2017 2844 Travel Spotlight BEVERLY HILLS – Ideally situated for shopping and dining among Rodeo Drive's storied collection of shops, restaurants and galleries, The Montage Beverly Hills (www.montagehotels.com/beverlyh...
BEVO Bar + Pizzeria is charming choice for dinner in Old Montreal mikecohen October 5, 2017 4614 BEVO Bar + Pizzeria For a few years now, when in Old Montreal, I have walked by BEVO Bar + Pizzeria (www.bevopizza.com/en) on St. Vincent and noticed the lively atmosphere. Via word of mouth I began to hea...
Chef on Call seizes upon unique concept in food delivery and in-house dining mikecohen September 2, 2017 7020 Chef on Call In 2009 Robert Kauffman and a friend had a novel idea: prepare meals out of a small kitchen in their student apartment and see if they’d get any customers. The key target market was students. “...
The Hilton San Francisco: the largest hotel on the West Coast mikecohen August 30, 2017 3756 SAN FRANCISCO - We were excited to get accommodations at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square (www.sanfrancisco.hilton.com), located in the theatre district and within walking distance to cable cars, the M...
San Francisco – a city that really knows how to treat tourists right mikecohen August 29, 2017 2189 SAN FRANCISCO - Let me begin by saying how welcoming the city of San Francisco is to tourists. I cannot remember a time when a tourism bureau, in this case, The San Francisco Travel Association (www.sftravel.co...
New food court at the Jewish General Hospital is a delight mikecohen June 15, 2017 5939 Since it opened last December, I have been curious to experience the new food court in Pavillion K of the Jewish General Hospital. It replaced the longstanding cafeteria, which was never a spot I particularly w...
