2 days before our departure to Kathmandu from Boston, with a stop in Doha, I got the email stating our 5 hour layover at Hamad International Airport would actually be 15 hours. Yikes – that’s way too long to spend in an airport! So I did some last minute research and booked the Banyan Tree […]

The trip was timed perfectly – Rachel had a conference in Las Vegas and my cousin was getting married the same week, meaning we’d be able to both enjoy this trip… and I could arrive a day early to support Rachel and meet her colleagues. I was fairly sick with a headcold our kids left […]

As rain splashed down upon me, I looked into café window after café window to find anything I could quickly consume. In a city where Pret a Manger closes at 5pm, it’s challenging to find what I was looking for at 530pm… but I was hungry, and in need of something satisfying prior to the […]

I always love trying a club sandwich served in a 5 star hotel lobby lounge. There’s a great excitement in the anticipation of what the chef has curated for patrons of the establishment. My expectations are high. The London Edition was just a few steps from my hotel for the night, The Sanderson, and while […]