Soaking up in the sun in gorgeous Santa Monica mikecohen January 11, 2018 5455 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 7118 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 4888 Travel Spotlight BEVERLY HILLS – Ideally situated for shopping and dining among Rodeo Drive's storied collection of shops, restaurants and galleries, The Maybourne Beverly Hills (www.maybournebeverlyhills.co...
BEVO Bar + Pizzeria is charming choice for dinner in Old Montreal mikecohen October 5, 2017 8141 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 10287 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 7281 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 4079 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 9328 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...
Pacini restaurants offer up plenty of variety and announces new program battling food waste mikecohen May 19, 2017 9629 Restaurant Rap Pacini Restaurants When I heard that the Pacini restaurant chain had launched a new program to deal with food waste, I was intrigued. Every year on Earth, people waste 1.3 billion tons of ...
Native Montrealer Harold Seltzer is the king of steak in St. Petersburg Florida mikecohen April 20, 2017 6782 PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - When I began planning our first family vacation to St. Petersburg, Florida I explored what the restaurant options were. Harold Seltzer’s Steakhouse immediately drew my attention. I quickly...
