Buzzed Cuts: Six Boozy Barbershops Across the Country BY KRISTY ALPERT A happy accident before a wedding led Alex and Dawn Mongelluzzi Quintana to make a spirited change to their Cleveland Heights barbershop, The Speakeasy at Quintana’s Barber & Dream Spa. “The first weekend of December 2014, we had a groomsmen party that was…
25 New Hotels We Can’t Wait to Visit in 2022 By Kristy Alpert Get ready to pack your bags! After nearly two years of last-minute planning and daydreaming over screensavers and Zoom backgrounds, tangible travel may finally come back in 2022…and there’s a lot to look forward to. The excitement…
Upper East Side Story By Kristy Alpert An A-lister fave, The Mark boasts a one-of-a-kind hotel experience. Moreover, guests are chauffeured to the city’s top shopping spots, museums and galleries via the hotel’s black-and-white striped pedicabs, should a day of sight- seeing be on the agenda. There’s a distinct hush…
Warm Up to Winter on a Snowy Break in Banff By Kristy Alpert I was still sore from a grueling fat tire bike ride up to a mountaintop backcountry cabin with Discover Banff Tours as I strapped on my crampons and prepared for my next wintry adventure. I had come to Banff while the…
What Lies Beneath By Kristy Alpert Discover amazing cave formations, including stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, box work and helictites that were sculpted by millions of years of geological activity at Colossal Cave (photo courtesy Visit Tucson). Sparkling caverns hold Arizona’s hidden splendor. Like many, my first encounter with Arizona took place a…
Unwrap the Flavor of the British Virgin Islands, Bite by Bite By Kristy Alpert It isn’t the stars or even the winds that direct boats toward their destinations as the months ease into autumn in the British Virgin Islands; instead, captains, crew and passengers all sail with noses high in…
Slow Down and Unwind in Easy-Going Phuket By Kristy Alpert It’s not even 9a.m. in the sleepy fishing village of Rawai on Thailand’s famous Phuket Island, but already the turquoise waters of the Andaman Sea swarm with local fishermen casting their lines and releasing their nets from the bows of rustic…
I Stayed at the World’s Most Haunted Hotels, and Maybe Now I Believe …maybe by KRISTY ALPERT OCT 29, 2021 JACK AFFLECK I’m a skeptic when it comes to the supernatural, partly because I’m generally skeptical by nature, but mainly because I scare easily and I’d rather believe in a busted air…
Bermuda is a pink-sand playground for kids By Kristy Alpert I was still trying to figure out how to turn a romantic week in Bermuda with my husband into fun trip with just my toddler as I loaded my son’s car seat into the back of Larry Roger’s cab outside the…
The 15 Best Fall Foliage Trips in the U.S. By Kristy Alpert Leaf viewing is one of the easiest (and least expensive) ways to experience America’s awe-inspiring natural beauty. The beauty of seasons is that they change, and the jewel-toned colors that seem to brighten and glisten as summer turns…
