http://www.conwayconfidential.com Your travel gateway to secret spots and hidden gems...with membership perks and presents Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:30:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/airlines-perk-up-for-small-businesses/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/airlines-perk-up-for-small-businesses/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:30:49 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5360 By Paula Conway and J.P. Hoornstra It pays to advertise. Joshua Rockoff saw a bus-stop billboard for American Airlines’ Business ExtrAA program and signed up his company on the spot. “We have an employee traveling somewhere for business each week,” says Rockoff, president of the New York City-based Strike Interactive, LLC, which has now used Business ExtrAA for [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/airlines-perk-up-for-small-businesses/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-dish/license-to-eat/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-dish/license-to-eat/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:48:48 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5355 Chili costs nothing more than a license plate at Barney’s Beanery. Bring your unwanted old plate to any of Barney’s five Southern California gastropubs, and they’ll hang it on the wall in exchange for a piping hot chili bowl. The swap is a vestige of a Depression-era policy – the original West Hollywood location opened [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-dish/license-to-eat/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bed/gateway-to-glitz/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bed/gateway-to-glitz/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:59:09 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5352 The Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles nailed it with the name. Its gleaming exterior, modern furniture, and classy dining and drinking options deliver an immediate sense of Tinseltown to within a stone’s throw of LAX. While celebrities may avoid the paparazzi, you shouldn’t – Paparazzi is the aptly named, attention-grabbing Italian restaurant tucked behind the plush [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bed/gateway-to-glitz/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/vintage-charm-in-downtown-denver/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/vintage-charm-in-downtown-denver/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:40:00 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5342 By Alex Miller There’s no shortage of fine hotels in Denver, but when occasion calls for something special, one name always rises to the top: The Brown Palace. Continuously open since it was built in Downtown Denver in 1892, the Colorado city’s “Grand Dame” glows above the rest not only in the quality of its accommodations [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/vintage-charm-in-downtown-denver/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bliss/the-high-life/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bliss/the-high-life/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:00:39 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5091 In a teeming celebrity hotspot, a private massage beside a rooftop pool may be the most leisurely way to feel famous. Such is the allure when booking a massage at West Hollywood’s The Andaz hotel. Choose your fragrance — “energizing,” “detox,” or “nurturing,” — and relax as Patricia gently irons out all the knots. One [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bliss/the-high-life/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bed/party-on-the-strip/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bed/party-on-the-strip/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:45:07 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5084 The Andaz claims its rooftop pool is West Hollywood’s highest. Maybe that’s why Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant once stood on its balcony — back when the building was known as the “Riot House” — and declared, “I am a Golden God!” Fresh off a $48 million makeover, the rooms are classy yet quirky — [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/losangeles-bed/party-on-the-strip/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/in-st-louis-a-gateways-grandeur-preserved/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/in-st-louis-a-gateways-grandeur-preserved/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:05:53 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5067 By J.P. Hoornstra Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: You slip out the back door of your hotel and step into a fully enclosed shopping mall. Inviting stores stand dangerously close to the nightstand where your wallet rests. Equally close: Enough restaurants to guarantee you won’t eat at the same place twice all weekend. For [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/in-st-louis-a-gateways-grandeur-preserved/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/baseball-history-and-baseball-history-meet-in-the-california-league/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/baseball-history-and-baseball-history-meet-in-the-california-league/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 00:01:04 +0000 ezds http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=4482 By J.P. Hoornstra The Nostalgic California Vacation 101 is an introductory travel course, with a required reading list authored by literary giants. Henry Miller’s Big Sur is still as beautiful as ever. So are John Steinbeck’s Monterey and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Napa Valley. Miss the basics, and you’re missing some the best respites from urban life [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/features/baseball-history-and-baseball-history-meet-in-the-california-league/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/tokyo-dish/fresh-italian/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/tokyo-dish/fresh-italian/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:23:21 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5014 The only Western restaurant in the Shangri-La Hotel is Piacere, and it is an outstanding Michelin Star experience, from the handmade rabbit ravioli on tarragon pesto to Chef Paolo’s risotto. Piacere faces West, offering views of Tokyo Station, Marunouchi, and the Imperial Garden. Guests also love the slow-roasted halibut on a bed of pumpkin and [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/tokyo-dish/fresh-italian/feed/ 0 http://www.conwayconfidential.com/tokyo-%e2%80%93-funstuff/art-and-poetry/ http://www.conwayconfidential.com/tokyo-%e2%80%93-funstuff/art-and-poetry/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:22:14 +0000 admin http://www.conwayconfidential.com/?p=5013 Take an unusual waking tour about art at the Shangri-La Hotel and experience how Chinese artists have depicted the work of Bai Juyi, a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (772-846). It is believed that Bai Juyi’s poetry reflects his experience of being spiritually healed by the melodious sounds of the Chinese lute. A striking [...]]]> http://www.conwayconfidential.com/tokyo-%e2%80%93-funstuff/art-and-poetry/feed/ 0