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 up demand for rail travel. I’m probably averaging a half-dozen inquiries week from first-time train travelers who have come across this site and found it…
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 at the Benson Hotel before taking the Empire Builder on it’s two-night trip to Chicago. The Benson is my kind of hotel: old, yes, but…
I have no idea what the obstacles are–cost is obviously one–but Amtrak really must find a way to provide internet access for passengers on the long-distance trains. I’m certainly not an addict … I don’t have to be constantly on line … but I do feel uncomfortable not being able to check my email every…
(The following is a guest column submitted by someone who will only allow himself to be identified as Grouchy Geezer.) What possesses a chef to tamper with a perfect breakfast dish like the classic Eggs Benedict? Prepared lovingly and carefully, it’s an English muffin, split and toasted, then topped with a slice of…