This is the week that the art world converges on Hong Kong. In its fifth year, this is the first ART HK (May 16-20, 2012) since Art Basel bought into the city's international art fair. While many will go to catch a glimpse works by big-name artists such...
(1) Comments | Posted October 24, 2011 | 1:00 PM
Listening to Kristin Davis recount her first trip to Kenya at the Condé Nast Traveler World Savers Congress in Singapore last week, I felt like she was telling my story. Except in my case, I did not run into an orphan baby elephant. Instead, I almost...
(0) Comments | Posted October 20, 2011 | 2:17 PM
"Oh, I love your shoes!" Kristin Davis said when we met. You can take the girl out of Sex and the City, but you can't take it out of the girl. Davis was on a whirlwind trip to Singapore to spread the gospel of wildlife protection and sustainable travel at...
(0) Comments | Posted September 6, 2011 | 7:09 AM
This week, the nearly 2,000 faculty and students starting classes at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel & Tourism Management (SHTM), are getting a whole new $100 million "lab" to play in. For the first time, courses have been redesigned to incorporate the school's brand-new
(3) Comments | Posted August 19, 2011 | 4:09 AM
I used to hate running, but I got hooked back in 2008 with my first 10K "race," the Nike+ Human Race. On race day, it didn't matter where you were, you could run and log your 10K race with Nike+. I was traveling in Argentina, so I ran
(1) Comments | Posted March 7, 2011 | 3:25 PM
Shh... March 5, 2011 was Silent Day in Bali! Nyepi marks the new year here.
I'm sequestered in my beautiful ocean pool villa looking onto Kelating Beach. I'm not allowed outside the resort today while the Balinese stay at home for what is supposed to be a...
(2) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 5:31 PM