Caribbean flotilla thriller: You don’t have to be a pro to sail in the British Virgin Islands. Olivia Greenway joins a flotilla in the BVI
Olivia Greenway books a seat at four of the Windy City’s finest eateries
I recently spent five weeks travelling from one hotel to another down the west coast of the USA. This was preceded by a week in Las Vegas. I’ve been to the USA scores of times before, but not for such a long period and have never visited so many hotels and restaurants over such a
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Olivia Greenway visits the iconic paradise islands that are the amazing location for George Clooney’s film The Descendants
Housed in an unexciting looking modern building, at first glance this place is nothing special. But once you step inside Founding Farmers and feel the buzz – and join the line of you haven’t booked – it’s another matter entirely. Centre stage is an elliptical peninsula bar. Here you may perch on your stool in the
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Since most of DC can be done on foot, arm yourself with our checklist of fun things to do and make sure you tick them all
The government controls your diet–don’t scoff at this claim. Reserve your comments till you have visited ‘What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?’ an exhibition at Washington DC’s National Archives
If anywhere is about power dressing, it must be Washington DC. Imagine what bargains are to be had in the second hand clothes shops. Americans don’t call them that, of course, it’s far too vulgar. No, they like to call them “consignment shops”. Secondi, near Dupont Circle is one of the better-established ones, situated in large, bright,
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The new open air Rocket Boat tour of San Francisco Bay allows you to see the sights and have some excitement at the same time. The boat accelerates to 44 knots, rock music blasting from the speakers and then makes hair-raising sharp turns, leaving your stomach behind and causing all the passengers to scream. Choose
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It’s sweltering hot outside, and much as you enjoy messing around on your yacht, it’s a long time since you had a really nice shower, a comfortable bed and a room that doesn’t move. Perhaps it’s time to check in here. Many of the rooms overlook the harbour and some have small gardens with terraces.
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If there is a hotel room with a better view, I’d like to see it. And you really can’t beat turning up to a hotel in a boat, in our case a dinghy, which we moored just in front of the hotel reception. The location helps, slap bang in the middle of the British
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