HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND DESTINATIONS REVIEWED AT THE SPEED OF TRAVEL
Posted in California, Picture of the day, Sights/sounds, USA on Nov 7th, 2008
If it looks somewhat familiar to you, you may have seen the James Bond movie ”View to a Kill”. This is the Golden Gate Bridge, built in 1937. It is a suspension bridge spanning the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. The bridge has a main span of 1280 m and [...]
Posted in California, Hotel, Resort, USA on Jul 6th, 2008
It’s called a resort… It’s actually more of a small hotel and it feels like a private villa. This is not a place that you will just pass by but a destination for those who know where to go. And those few will find ten rooms at the end of the road. It’s pretty close [...]
Posted in California, Hotel, USA on Jul 4th, 2008
– Let’s have a drink and look at the skyscrapers! That’s what you do on the rooftop of the Standard Downtown L.A. And Verner Panton’s chairs never looked more fab. – Anyone for foosball? Because first impressions last: The young Denzel lookalike is looking straight through me. I’ve been driving 200 miles then been through [...]
Posted in California, Hotel, USA on Dec 3rd, 2007
The neighbourhood is… quite interesting. The Tenderloin District in San Francisco offers a spectacle to any visitor. People from the less sunny side of the street are all over the area. And most visible are those freelancing as women despite the fact that they were born men. It’s not well polished but a bit jaded. [...]
Posted in California, Hotel, Top rated, Top rated accommodation, USA on Dec 1st, 2007
Perching on a cliff near Carmel – the Sierra Mar restaurant – the heart of the Post Ranch Inn. View over a lot of fluffy things covering the Pacific Ocean. My tree house at the Post Ranch Inn. It looks way more luxurious on the inside. What if you decided to jump the fence? If [...]