Author Archive for Peter Rerig

A life of leisure at Wild Dunes

A life of leisure at Wild Dunes

By on Jun 24, 2011 in Going Out, Leisure Travel, North America, Regions, Restaurants, South Carolina, Speciality Travel, USA   - Read 616 times

Sunrise on the Isle of Palms brings the calls of seagulls and sandpipers, backdropped by gentle waves lapping the soft sand. Before long, those tunes of nature are accented by the squeals of kids running across the beautiful swaths of sands, screaming in delight as they dart in and out of the water and plan [...]

Cooling off on a luxe Asheville getaway

Cooling off on a luxe Asheville getaway

By on Jun 16, 2011 in Accommodation, Adventure Travel, Bars, Going Out, Hotels, North Carolina, Regions, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, USA   - Read 228 times

No matter where you live in the northern hemisphere, it’s hard get away from summer’s annoying — and at times downright oppressive — heat and humidity. As a former resident of Charleston, South Carolina, I can attest to the crankiness that takes over in June and lasts until late September, when daily life becomes a [...]

Racing the wind at Laguna Seca

Racing the wind at Laguna Seca

By on Jun 09, 2011 in California, North America, Regions, Road Travel, Speciality Travel, USA   - Read 438 times

Sliding into the stripped-down, souped-up Mazda MX-5 Cup at Laguna Seca racecourse this past Spring, my heart was beating wildly, my foot itching to stomp on the gas pedal. I wanted nothing more than to begin tearing around the 2.24-mile-long course, world renowned for its scary corkscrew at Turn 8. Clothed in standard racecar driver [...]

Taking sanctuary at Kiawah Island

Taking sanctuary at Kiawah Island

By on Jun 03, 2011 in Accommodation, Hotels, Leisure Travel, North America, Regions, Resorts, South Carolina, Speciality Travel, USA   - Read 400 times

Some 20 miles outside of Charleston — and yet seemingly a world away — sits the infinite charms and unmatched natural beauty of Kiawah Island. A barrier island of the South Carolina coast, Kiawah has a long and storied ancient history marked by magnificent Native American culture, European conquest, sprawling agricultural pursuits, and more. But [...]

A day of simple luxury at Tassajara

A day of simple luxury at Tassajara

By on May 26, 2011 in Accommodation, California, North America, Regions, Resorts, USA   - Read 234 times

“Simple luxury”: it sounds like a contradiction in terms. And yet, luxury comes in myriad forms, each wholly interpreted by the individual. For some perhaps it’s an exceptionally soft bed; a gastronomic feast; or merely the perfect day spent with the family. On my own travels simple luxuries seem to appear around every corner; an [...]

Revving your engine at Quail Lodge

Revving your engine at Quail Lodge

By on May 25, 2011 in Accommodation, California, Events, North America, Regions, Resorts, Travel Miscellany, USA   - Read 291 times

I love motorcycle shows. Nothing beats walking past row upon row of new, classic, and custom bikes on a beautiful sunny day, marveling at the magnificent chrome details, leather accouterments, and personal touches that add that extra bit of finesse. From Harley-Davidson gatherings fueled by Budweiser and Jack Daniels to sport bike shows frequented by [...]

Down on the farm in Big Sur

Down on the farm in Big Sur

By on May 12, 2011 in Accommodation, California, Hotels, North America, Regions, Resorts, USA   - Read 447 times

Post Ranch. The very name conjures up images of a thoroughly rustic setting, with cowboys galloping along barbed-wire fences and farmhands whiling away the evening on wooden rockers. And while the internationally renowned inn sitting high atop the cliffs in Big Sur is certainly imbued with a rural aura indicative of a California long since [...]

Friday night at the Fairmont

By on May 05, 2011 in Accommodation, California, Hotels, North America, Regions, USA   - Read 414 times

In a city like San Francisco, nothing beats having a longtime local as your personal tour guide. And if that local also happens to be a great friend, then your blessings are doubled. Friends know what you like and don’t like, where you’re comfortable and where you’re not, and how you’re changing moods can quickly [...]

In the footsteps of Vanderbilts

By on Apr 28, 2011 in Accommodation, Hotels, North Carolina, Regions, Resorts, USA   - Read 216 times

Driving up the heavily wooded and romantically shaded road, it’s easy to squint your eyes and be transported back in time to an age when elegant carriages traveled this same route, ushering Presidents and Kings, movie moguls and robber barons through Asheville and the North Carolina mountains. Then, suddenly, there it is in all its [...]

Lowcountry luxury at Palmetto Bluff

Lowcountry luxury at Palmetto Bluff

By on Apr 21, 2011 in Accommodation, Going Out, Hotels, North America, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, South Carolina, Spas & Pampering, Speciality Travel, USA   - Read 360 times

In the early morning mist, with a languid calm settling over the Live Oaks dripping with Spanish moss, a strange sound in the distance roused me from sleep. Having spent enough time in the heart of the South Carolina Lowcountry, I immediately recognized the stirrings of an alligator clambering up a muddy bank on the [...]

5 luxe hotels in the heart of Hotlanta

5 luxe hotels in the heart of Hotlanta

By on Apr 19, 2011 in Accommodation, Georgia, Hotels, North America, Regions, USA   - Read 611 times

Atlanta, Georgia seems to be a city in a constant state of flux, growing and contracting seemingly at will while continuously redefining itself as a shining beacon in an otherwise nascent Southern landscape. And nowhere is that evolution more apparent than in the spate of luxury hotels gracing the skyline over the past two decades. [...]

Romance reigns in Carmel-by-the-Sea

Romance reigns in Carmel-by-the-Sea

By on Apr 05, 2011 in Attractions, California, Events, Going Out, North America, Regions, Travel Miscellany, USA   - Read 296 times

The town is storybook pretty: narrow streets lined with quintessentially charming cottages and a main drag filled with every manner of boutique, café, coffee house, inn, and restaurant. Add to that the seaside charm of waves crashing on rocks and soft sand beaches that tempt you to linger longer, and it’s hard not to find [...]

Epicurean delights at the Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival

Epicurean delights at the Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival

By on Mar 31, 2011 in Celebrities, Events, Food and Drink, Going Out, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany   - Read 1106 times

Walking into the Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival in the spring of 2010, something occurred to me. Why had it taken so long for someone—anyone—to come up with the idea for this annual event? I mean honestly, Pebble Beach is luxury incarnate — hulking mansions fronting some of the most beautiful coastline in the [...]

Living luxury on a New York City vacation

Living luxury on a New York City vacation

By on Mar 01, 2011 in Accommodation, Attractions, Clubs, Going Out, Hotels, New York, North America, Regions, Restaurants, USA   - Read 2332 times

My friends and I like to play “what if” games, and lately one query that seems to keep resurfacing is this: if you could take an über luxurious, no holds-barred vacation, where would you go? A private beach in the South Pacific? A chateau tucked into the French Alps? A month-long African safari? It’s an [...]