And so I have returned from brief visits to Seattle, Minneapolis, Boston, Baltimore, New Orleans and Los Angeles . . . from which I bring the following reports and impressions....

Before you even open the door to your room in a typical French hotel, you’ll be face to face with another interesting aspect of travel in this country. The elevators...

I’m planning a month-long trip for next month and of course circumstances are very different compared to travel in prior years. For a start, we may be witnessing a pent...

I really like elegant old hotels . . . with an emphasis on “elegant”. For example, several years ago, I was in Portland, Oregon, and spent a couple of nights...