Naples’ Excelsior Hotel, is walking into the Belle Epoque Barbara Kingstone EuropeHotelsItaly October 10, 2011
Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco, didn’t lose in the translation from Asia. The hotel’s legacy is become legendary in North American Barbara Kingstone HotelsNorth AmericaUnited States March 9, 2011
It’s been years since fashion mavens have discovered the drama of the jungle. Destinations September 15, 2021
A Gem of Country. Sri Lanka Is like Their Sapphires, Rare And Sparkling. AsiaHotelsIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSri Lanka January 17, 2017
How can I say this without giggling, but Las Vegas has become a sophisticated, and funky destination. DestinationsHotelsLas VegasNorth AmericaShoppingUnited States December 25, 2015
You want luxury shopping. Go no further than Zurich. EuropeIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSwitzerland October 2, 2015
Shopping in the mecca of great everything…Delhi, India won’t disappoint. AsiaIndiaShopping December 8, 2014
Papeete Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaDestinationsFrench PolynesiaIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSouth Pacific August 31, 2011
Life in Fiji is real but who would believe that this paradise exists Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaFiji April 25, 2011The late Hollywood actor, Raymond Burr, he of Perry Mason and Ironside fame, had two passions… Fiji and orchids. So...
Bora Bora Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaDestinationsFrench PolynesiaHotelsSouth Pacific March 19, 2011The very first time I visited the island of Bora Bora, (a lagoon enclosed by a coral reef) the most...
Manihi… Black Pearls like the little black dress, is an essential accessory Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaDestinationsFrench PolynesiaIndulgencesJewellrySouth Pacific January 19, 2011Finding the perfect black pearl It’s unclear how the French Polynesian Islands in the South Pacific came to be populated....
Papeete, Tahiti: A Surprise Synagogue in the South Pacific Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaTahiti January 17, 2011As I studied the city map, trying to orient myself in Papeete Tahiti, one of the glorious South Pacific Islands,...
Saying Grace in Fiji Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaFiji January 17, 2011At the “sevusevu”, the traditional welcoming ceremony at a Fijian village, my head was spinning with all the protocol that...
Cook Island, Faraway but so Endearing Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaCook Islands January 17, 2011Betty has to pick up the bride and groom. Actually, they are the plastic finishing touches for the heart-shaped wedding...