I had some free time while in Vienna and I knew that I wanted to visit the Main Synagogue, Stadttempel. Since 1811, Stadttempel has been the spiritual center of Vienna’s Jewish community. The former Dempfingerhof, originally located in Seitenstettengasse 4, functioned as a place for Jewish religious life. Although Emperor Joseph II issued the Tolerance…
When my girlfriend planned the trip to Vienna, she chose Vienna’s Hotel Imperial and so who am I to say noLol. What I discovered was that the Hotel Imperial was one of Vienna’s most beautiful hotels and is located at Kaerntner Ring 16. The hotel’s luxury rooms where kind of like a dream. You feel…
I was delighted to have been invited to a fundraiser for St. Jude Hospital hosted by the Law Firm of Holland & Knight at Williams Sonoma located at 10 Columbus Circle on the ground floor. The event began at 6pm and ended at 8pm and every time someone donated at checkout to St. Jude the…
The other week I took a tour that started in Chicago, Illinois, then found its way to Mackinac Island and The Grand Hotel in Michigan and then departed from Detroit, Michigan. This post is simply about my first time 24 hours in the windy city. What I learned about Chicago is that it’s a multicultural…