Darjeeling may be know for their tea but there’s nothing as thrist quenching as having it served at heritage listed, Windamere Hotel Barbara Kingstone AsiaHotelsIndiaIndia June 3, 2014
THERE SEEMS TO BE A NEVER ENDING QUEST FROM ERA TO ERA IN THE FASHION WORLD, FOR ANIMAL STRIPS AND SPOTS. Fashion Forward May 19, 2024
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A Gem of Country. Sri Lanka Is like Their Sapphires, Rare And Sparkling. AsiaDestinationsHotelsIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSri 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
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Temple Beth El, in Rochester,New York. They are definitely adding that WOW factor and it’s not alarming their congregants. Barbara Kingstone New YorkNorth AmericaUnited States October 4, 2016 0Perhaps because Temple Beth El, a Conservative synagogue, looks small, it could be that it sits on 7 acres or...
St. Regis Hotel, Toronto Black is the new black Barbara Kingstone CanadaHotelsNorth America June 7, 2012 0When uber fashionista, the late Diana Vreeland, told the fashion world, decades ago, that “the new black is pink”, she...
The stress of being de-stressed in Istanbul Barbara Kingstone EuropeTurkey March 19, 2011 0The hectic pace of sight-seeing in Istanbul had made my body feel like a wet noodle. I had bargained at...
Vasa Museum, Stockholm Sweden. The sinkable ship and it’s not the Titantic Barbara Kingstone EuropeSweden March 19, 2011 0It could be a Monty Python script. Build a warship, convince everyone it’s the epitome of sea worthiness and launch...
Jewish Lodz – Past and Present Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland March 19, 2011 0It’s never easy to see memorials and Lodz (pronounced Wootch) pays homage to its more than 223,000 (34 percent) Jews...
Bora Bora Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaDestinationsFrench PolynesiaHotelsSouth Pacific March 19, 2011 0The very first time I visited the island of Bora Bora, (a lagoon enclosed by a coral reef) the most...
Luang Prabang, a sophisticated small city in Laos. There’s even been several sightings of Mick Jagger Barbara Kingstone AsiaLaos March 19, 2011 0
Vientiane in Laos, a city in a country with the “least urgent people in the world” Barbara Kingstone AsiaLaos March 19, 2011 0By Barbara Kingstone It may be the peak hour for traffic in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, but really...
Shimla Barbara Kingstone AsiaIndia March 19, 2011 0There is a scenic resplendence about Shimla. As if the approach to it through the Himachal evergreen scenery doesn’t blow...
Pune Barbara Kingstone AsiaIndia March 19, 2011 0Pune is one of the youngest cities of India. Lovingly called ‘the Queen of the Deccan’ because of the beauty...