Rose Cantine

I left out two other fabulous hotels in Paris: l’Hotel and Hotel Bellechasse, both of which are on the Left Bank. Check them out on Mapplr.

I am back from Tel Aviv and posted several hotel and restaurant reviews on the Mapplr Editor’s Choice page.

Favorite restaurant: Herbert Samuel

Favorite hotel: Nina Cafe Suites

Favorite cafe: Nina Cafe

Favorite bar: Villa Sokolov

I would like to thank Roy Klieger for being such a good host and giving us a “tour” of Tel Aviv’s amazing night life, [...]

I just did a long post on Mapplr, where I run the Editor’s Choice page, of cafes, restaurants and hotels that I discovered on my last trip to Munich for the DLD conference. Click here to read the reviews.
I could not believe how warm it was last weekend. The grass in the Englischer Garten is [...]

One of the hazards of traveling (aside from nasty terrorists who have certain ideas about when you should meet your Maker) is the near impossibility of finding organic fruit and vegetables, healthy meals and drinks in hotels.
Right now I am staying at the Santa Clara Marriott for my Muniwireless conference (Oct 21-23, 2007). It’s a [...]

Cyrus Farivar, a technology writer from San Francisco, stayed overnight at the recently opened Yotel right in Gatwick Airport, London. Yotel is the new chain of Japanese-inspired stylish budget hotels in airports. He says:
Basically once you get out of the baggage claim and clear customs, there’s an elevator that goes down one floor — and [...]

I just posted a long piece about why mass market online review sites for hotels and restaurants don’t work. I’m thinking about Tripadvisor and Yelp. You don’t know who the reviewer is. Has she traveled a lot? Does she eat out frequently? Does she share the same tastes as you?
Read my post on Pajama Entrepreneur.

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I travel a lot to my conferences and other people’s events so I need to have a fast, reliable Wi-Fi connection while I am away from my home office. Unfortunately many hotels and airports have not figured this out. I am in Schiphol Airport, my favorite airport in the world, and KPN’s Wi-Fi service delivers [...]