Brenners Park Hotel & Spa, Baden-Baden, Germany

Driving through the Black Forest on our way to Baden-Baden, top down in the Ferrari 488 Spider, is an incredible experience. You go as fast as that car can take out, winding in and around dense trees and slower moving cars, taking in the magnificent scenery while not taking your eyes off the road. Exhilarating, […]

Four Seasons Hotel, Boston, MA USA

Watching a toddler is So. Much. Work. Fun? Yes, loads of fun, wildly entertaining, but completely nonstop and energy consuming. We had a newborn at home, and while waking up every 3-4 hours to feed him is extremely tiring for my wife, the endless engagement our toddler demands constantly wipes me out. With a 2.5 […]

Solas, Boston, MA USA

We had a meeting at The Lenox Hotel and were asked to choose our lunch from the Solas menu prior to arriving. How could I not go with the self-titled Lenox Club Sandwich? What made it their signature, branded Club Sandwich? From what I could see on the menu, nothing in particular. And it sat […]

Stephanie’s on Newbury, Boston, MA USA

One of my partners was in Boston with his family to look at colleges; sure, no tours were allowed due to covid, but that didn’t stop his daughter from wanting to check out the city and its schooling during the application process. We didn’t have much time – both of us had busy schedules – […]

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Busy Bee Restaurant & Diner, Brookline, MA USA

The recommendations started to flood in. Living in Brookline/Newton and working from home, I needed lunchtime spots that served delicious club sandwiches. Fortunately, LinkedIn and Facebook proved valuable tools in soliciting opinions, and very quickly a list was made. But working from home doesn’t necessarily mean more free time – in fact, it can be […]

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Ritz Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara, CA USA

We needed a vacation. I felt guilty saying that, knowing so many people around the world were unemployed, including 30M here in America. But work during Covid-19 feels like riding a bicycle through mud – you’ll still get there, but you’ll have to try 10x as hard. And that has left both my wife and […]

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