Archive for August, 2009

August 29th, 2009

Lovely Txakoli

Posted by admin in Wine and wineries

A summer heat wave has finally hit Boston, and as it washes over us in damp ripples, I’m finding only one antidote to the sticky haze: Txakoli, that lovely, bracing white from the Basque Country.  My favorite this summer is by Bodegas Gurrutxaga, from […]


August 9th, 2009

Benidorm - not just skyscrapers on the beach

The Villaitana Hotel Golf Resort presents itself as a looming oasis, overlooking the surreal city of Benidorm—skyscrapers on the beach. The only way I can describe the resort is that it’s like a Mediterranean architectural mutt. This does not mean that it is without a certain charm. The resort is made up like a small […]


August 2nd, 2009

The Flatbush experience

Brooklyn is expansive, surprising, charming and even ugly.  You can see that it was once its own city, vast and complex. There are areas in the borough that are like highway wastelands, with used car outlets, Wendy’s, Dunkin’ Donuts and gas stations along long strips of road. You could be anywhere, anywhere sad and tired. […]