Posted in Germany, Luxury Travel, Travel, tagged Gay Travel, JW Goethe, Otto Geleng, Sicily, Sodom, Taormina, Travel, Victorian Europe, Von Gloeden on May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Paiderasteia, Photography and the Marketing of Europe’s First Gay Resort…
The Sicilian town of Taormina occupies a site on a lofty hill 300 meters above the Mediterranean sea. The remains of a Saracen castle rise above the city, while portions of its ancient walls crown the brow of the hill. In the distance, the remains of [...]
Posted in Las Vegas, Luxury Travel, Ski, St. Anton, Travel, tagged Gambling, Las Vegas, Travel, Wynn Resorts on April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I flew into Las Vegas last week. It was my third visit to Las Vegas in the last 12 months and each time I arrive at the McCarran Airport, I immediately sense that there is something “unnatural” about Las Vegas. Something about it just doesn’t feel quite right. And I am not really [...]
Posted in Las Vegas, Luxury Travel, tagged Early History Las Vegas, Gambling, Las Vegas, Luxury Travel, Travel, Wynn on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By the early 1940s, downtown Las Vegas had several luxury hotels and a dozen small but successful gambling clubs. In 1941, a businessman by the name of Thomas Hull, who owned a string of motor inns in California, decided to open the El Rancho Las Vegas, just outside the city limits right off the [...]
Posted in Luxury Travel, Ski, tagged Austria, Luxury Travel, Ski, skiing, St. Anton, Tyrol on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Continual War, Dynastic Conflict and the Occasional Tourist…..
Sankt Anton am Arlberg is a village in Tyrol, Western Austria, with a population of c. 2,800 in the summer and around 20,000 in the winter. The dramatic influx of residents is due to St. Anton’s prominence as a ski resort. Situated at 1,304 m above sea level [...]
Posted in Germany, Luxury Travel, tagged Christmas, Christmas Market, Germany, Travel on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 4000 Pound Fruit Cake….
One of the pleasant surprises of the last year has been the discovery that there is no other place in the world that celebrates the Christmas holiday season quite like Germany. The country’s traditions date back to the middle ages, including its colorful Christmas markets (“Weihnachtsmarkt”) which turn its towns [...]
