On Thursday, October 10, 2013 The Jewish Whiskey Company held its second Whisky Jewbilee, also known as their charity whisky festival. The Jewish Whisky Company (www.whiskyjewbilee.com) is an independent bottling company that adheres to the laws of kashrut and Single Cask Nation is the name of its members-only club. Now this amazing tasting event was…
The other evening I was invited to The Friars Club which is located at 57 E. 55th Street, New York, NY. Now The Friars Club is a private membership-only club which founded in 1904 and is now famous for its risque celebrity roasts with its club’s members basically made up of comedians and other well-known…
This past Saturday I attended New York City’s Women’s Travel Fest (www.womenstravelfest.com). It was held at Angel Oresanz Foundation for Contemporary Art, 172 Norfolk Street from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and it was fantabulous. The day’s event was extremely well organized with more than 300 attendees and some of the guest speakers who shared…
My cousin and I decided to attend the 2014 Aipac Conference in Washington DC from March 2nd to March 4th and then spend another day or two sightseeing. The mission of Aipac (www.aipac.org) is to strengthen, protect, and promote the United States-Israel relationship in ways that will enhance the security of both of these great…
How exciting! I’m in Katmandu, Nepal. I’ve always thought how great it would be to visit Katmandu especially after having visited Tibet a few years back. I wanted to see where the Tibetans had escaped to when the Chinese took over and finally here I was! It took us an hour to fly from Varanasi…
I’ve always dreamed of going to India and seeing The Taj Mahal. Well on January 21, 2014 my dream came true when I landed in Delhi for a 15 day tour of Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Khajuraho and finally Varanasi! On this trip, I also visited Katmandu, Nepal butI’llshare that in a separately titled article, Kathmandu-A…
Well, time to leave New York City again and I decided to go on Zirkel the World’s (www.zirkeltheworld.com) Foodie Weekend to Portland, Maine. The weekend was amazing but before I talk about the foodSoLOL, here are some interesting facts about Maine that I learned about and wanted to share. Did you know that Maine’s 8,000…
Labor Day Weekend and time to leave the city for a new adventure! So I signed up for a North & South Fork Wine and Beach Weekend with Zirkel the World Travel and was rearing to go! Left on Friday, the 30th and arrived late that evening at our lovely Resort Cliffside Condominium in Greenport (www.cliffsideresort.com).…
I love Africa. There is something about Africa that is magical and I can’t even tell you what it is. So this trip to South Africa held many magical moments for me and here are just a few. First, there were 4 days in Cape Town. If you closed your eyes while in many parts…
Last Sunday, I had the good fortune to enjoy Sunday Brunch at The National Arts Club. The National Arts Club is located at 15 Gramercy Park South and is right across the street from the small fenced in very manicured Gramercy Park. The National Arts Club which was founded in 1998 by author and poet…