September 17, 2018
The Ancient Art of Falconry
Falconry is not for the faint of heart. This ancient and noble sport, practiced for more than 4000 years, involves training a lethal bird of prey to hunt its quarry…
August 29, 2018
A Reading List for the Balkans
The Balkans are a feast for the imagination with their soaring scenery, diverse population and colorful history filled with larger-than-life legends, myths, monsters, and heroines. Begin your journey with Jennifer…
July 19, 2018
On Sissi’s Trail in Vienna
On Sissi's Trail in Vienna Follow in the footsteps of Sissi, Austria's beloved Empress Elisabeth, wife of Emporer Franz Josef. Beautiful, enigmatic, and passionate, Elisabeth's life was captured in sumptuous Technicolor…
January 7, 2010
Russians En Route
All the starm and drang of Christmas and New Year’s seems like a long time ago, now that HRH and I are ensconced in the lovely Sugar Mill (not it’s…
November 20, 2009
New Service of Aeroflot — “Comfort+”
In the latest in a series of truly funny direct marketing shoots, the national carrier of Russia tops its own unchallenged record for silliness