Are you planning a trip to France? In Defense of the Notoriously Arrogant French Waiter is an interesting and informative read from the Wall Street Journal.
Who knew that today is National Margarita Day? The LA Times recommends Nine great places to savor one. After viewing the pictures, we would not mind trying any of them, although we’d have fairly high expectations for the $45 El Jefe margarita at The Pony Room at Rancho Valencia Resort and Spa 25 miles north of the San Diego airport.
To make sure I saw it before tonight’s Oscars, we watched The Grand Budapest Hotel last night. We’d love to visit that hotel but were sad to learn that it doesn’t exist. The movie was filmed in Germany with the impressive hotel lobby atrium scenes shot in the now-defunct Gí¶rlitzer Warenhaus department store, while the exterior hotel shots were made by shooting a 14 x 7 foot handmade miniature model.
Three actual hotels did inspire Wes Anderson (the film’s writer and director) and production designer Adam Stockhausen: the pastel-pink Palace Bristol Hotel and the GrandHotel Pupp in the spa town of Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic and the Hotel Gellért in Budapest. We’ve visited famous spa town of Karlovy Vary on a day trip from Prague to get a close-up view of glass-blowing at Moser glassworks. We will have to visit again to check out these historic hotels.
If you are considering having a cocktail while watching tonight’s Oscars, you might want to get some inspiration from this HuffPost article: Drink to the Oscars With Inspired Celebrity Cocktails. We like the advice from Bette Davis who famously said, “There comes a time in every life when the only thing that helps is a glass of Champagne.”
Perhaps you are heading out on a flight tomorrow morning like Mr. Jones will be doing. Do you dread waiting for your luggage after a long and/or delayed flight? Delta Air Lines announced a new promotion last week under which the Atlanta-based carrier promises to have your luggage on the carousel in 20 minutes or less. If it fails to do so, it will credit your frequent flier account with 2,500 bonus miles if you’re a SkyMiles member. The catch — this “guarantee” is only for domestic Delta flights between now and March 31, 2015. Alaska Airlines introduced a similar, but permanent 20-minute bag delivery promise in 2009. Check out Skift’s take in this article, Delta Has a Short-Term Fix For Late Baggage Problems.
Where will you dream of traveling this week?
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