Tag Archives: Romantic

Puerto Rico – Hotel El San Juan

Posted on March 19, 2009 by admin

Puerto Rico is an easy destination to get to from the eastern U.S. (where I live). The flights are cheap, and the island is an American protectorate, so there’s no need for a passport or to exchange your U.S. dollars. … Continue reading →

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Comparing Caribbean and Central American Destinations

Posted on February 26, 2009 by mitchems

When speaking with a friend while traveling in Puerto Rico last week (a review to come shortly), I realized that Juliana and I have been to several different Caribbean or Central American destinations. I was doing a brief, informal “comparison” … Continue reading →

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A Living Legend – The Hotel Del Coronado

Posted on March 22, 2008 by mitchems

In February, I stayed at the Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego California. Like the Jekyll Island Club, the Hotel Del (as it is called by the locals) is a historic landmark and worthy of the robber baron lifestyle. The … Continue reading →

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The Inn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee

Posted on January 1, 2008 by mitchems

When our travel agent told us that we just HAD to go to the Inn at Blackberry Farm, we were skeptical. A Relais & Chateaux resort near Knoxville Tennessee? It just did not seem possible. But it is. The Inn … Continue reading →

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Live like a Robber Baron

Posted on November 23, 2007 by mitchems

The names include J.P. Morgan, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Pulitzer… these families got together in 1886 and founded a hunting club on the Georgia’s faraway Jekyll Island. This club is the Jekyll Island Club, on of the most prominent resorts on … Continue reading →

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Under the Tuscan Sun

Posted on October 23, 2007 by mitchems

On the banks of the Arno River, Villa la Massa offers luxury that seems a world away from the city. Seems a world away, but the resort is actually on a few miles from the center of Florence. As one … Continue reading →

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The Paradise that is Jalousie

Posted on September 23, 2007 by julianam

I have found paradise! Its name is Jalousie! In my travels so far I have found no getaway to compare. Jalousie is a fairly new resort created by Hilton hotels on the island of St. Lucia, in the West Indies. … Continue reading →

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A Taste of the Old World

Posted on August 2, 2007 by julianam

And now for somewhere closer to home – because you can’t always jet off to someplace far, far away. One of our favorite places for a weekend or just a quick overnight from the kids is the Castle on the … Continue reading →

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Peace in the North Carolina Mountains

Posted on July 1, 2007 by mitchems

It isn’t cheap and it isn’t easy to come by, but it’s well worth it. “It” is the Greystone Inn in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina. About 50 miles Southwest of Asheville, NC and tucked into the foothills of the Blue … Continue reading →

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The 1842 Inn – Macon, GA USA

Posted on June 4, 2007 by mitchems

Although we had often heard of the 1842 Inn as being romantic and comfortable, my first thought was, “Macon? Yuck. Hot, sticky, yuck.” Macon had always been to me a place to have fast food and get gas on the … Continue reading →

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