I’ve never been able to fully wrap my head around the idea of a “staycation.” For one thing, I think the word is ridiculous (hence, the quotation marks surrounding it). For another, I think I’ve always conjured an image of checking into the Hampton Inn near Hwy 41 in Cartersville, Georgia–which shouldn’t be anyone’s idea of a sought after vacation. Mostly, it seems like a silly waste of money. If you’ve already got a roof over your head, why spend […]
Posts categorized: Hotel Reviews
There’s a little something I love to do, and that is luxuriate. It’s a way to approach life. It’s a state of mind. It’s lounging in comfortable environs, savoring every morsel of a gourmet meal, reveling in a beautifully written sentence, relishing the touch of a fine silk or cashmere (even George Costanza said he’d drape himself in velvet if it was socially acceptable). It’s akin to the art of doing nothing. I’ve always said that I’m not much of […]
May 11
2013
2013
Hotel Review: Casa Magna Resort, Cancun
Checking into the Casa Magna Resort in Cancun is more like checking into a grand, old world Spanish villa than a resort in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. I stayed here last weekend with four other journalists on a press trip, dubbed “The Return of the Vacation.” We definitely found it in Cancun luxuriating by the pool, feasting on world cuisine, and exploring the Mayan culture. Design With the warm sun blazing across the Caribbean sea and the lagoon surrounding Cancun, Casa Magna […]
May 9
2013
2013
Hotel Review: JW Marriott, Cancun
It was the color of the water in Cancun that left a group of travel writers on a press trip last weekend at a loss for descriptive words. Electric blue, fluorescent, neon, the color of Kool Aid. We checked into the JW Marriott in the heart of the Hotel Zone and marveled at the Caribbean Sea–from our balconies, with our toes dug into the powder soft sand, suspended 300 feet in the air while parasailing–for five days. Design There’s something […]
May 7
2013
2013
Hotel Reviews Are Coming
I’ve been fascinated with the idea of living in a hotel ever since learning that Dylan McKay did on Beverly Hills 90210 back in the early ’90s. I was at an impressionable age and nothing seemed more glamourous than living in a fancy room by yourself that somebody else cleaned for you every day. If you got hungry, you ordered room service. You didn’t even have a kitchen to be troubled with the idea of cooking. Laundry? You sent out […]
