Archive for the ‘Travel + Leisure’ Category
September 7, 2008
It certainly felt like boys night out at the
Explorers Club on Wednesday evening. TUMI''s Creative Director
David Chu was joined by
Dennis Paul, Euan Rellie and
Richard Wiese, the youngest president in the Explorer's Club 100-year history (who impressively cross-country skied to the North Pole), to celebrate the launch of TUMI's T-Tech Collection and Abercrombie & Kent's new program, "Extreme Adventures."
The city's most prominent explorers, world ...
April 24, 2008
While you might need planes, trains and automobiles to get to your global destination, there are lots of eco-friendly ways to party hop around town. In New York, the green transportation choices range from luxury hybrid car services like
OZOcar, that come equipped with friendly drivers, wireless connections and satellite radio to pedicabs by
Revolution Rickshaw, which are powered by hunky cyclists or solar energy.
On ...
March 28, 2008
Jaime Stewart-McConnell knows a thing or two about romance. She is the daughter of Butch Stewart, the legendary chairman of Sandals Resorts, grew up on the magical island of Jamaica and married the boy she'd been friends with since childhood.
Not to mention that Preston Bailey designed her spectacular wedding on her family's estate in Northern Jamaica.
We first met Jaime at the
celebrity-filled opening weekend ceremony ...
October 9, 2007
When the invitation arrived to spend the weekend in Antigua at a 3-day celebration hosted by
Gordon "Butch" Stewart, Chairman of the
Sandals Resorts, I was intrigued. Just how did a self-made, Jamaican billionaire entrepreneur (who started his career selling air conditioners) know so much about romance that he earned the moniker, "Cupid of the Caribbean?"
To find out I attended the launch of Stewart's newest resort, the $70 million, ...
June 15, 2007
Heading to the Hamptons this weekend?
Make sure you pack a bikini as well as a cocktail dress. A typical weekend at the beach on this strip of Long Island is filled with all sorts of parties from casual BBQ's to black tie benefits. But, while the parties may be plentiful, the taxis are not. What's a
responsible social butterfly to ...
