http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog Pages of travel tales gathered from visits to hotels, hammams, beaches, boutiques, bars and everything luxurious in between Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/travel-tunes-foreign-language/18427 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/travel-tunes-foreign-language/18427#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:00:43 +0000 Joy Pecknold /blog/?p=18427 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/travel-tunes-foreign-language/18427/feed 0 There’s nothing festive about this track and accompanying music video—unless you find a ’70s-soaked mise en scène of espionage, speed boats and sultry ladies festive. But being the travel blog that we are, we couldn’t exactly resist sharing a song titled “Foreign Language” by a DJ duo dubbed Flight Facilities with a new music video [...] Foreign_Language http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-having-the-last-word/13609 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-having-the-last-word/13609#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:23:55 +0000 Joy Pecknold /blog/?p=13609 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-having-the-last-word/13609/feed 1 The Last Word is well-travelled. The prohibition-era cocktail with a green pallor debuted at the Detroit Athletic Club. It then disappeared for a few decades before resurfacing in Seattle at the Zig Zag Café (it’s the Emerald City after all) after being discovered in an old bartender’s guide book. From there it trickled its way [...] chartreuse http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/head-down-under-for-the-sydney-international-food-festival/3981 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/head-down-under-for-the-sydney-international-food-festival/3981#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:00:44 +0000 Melanie Zieba http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=3981 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/head-down-under-for-the-sydney-international-food-festival/3981/feed 0 Calling all food lovers! For the entire month of October, Sydney Australia is opening its doors to the world and letting everyone come on in….granted they bring a sampling of their finest cuisine, of course. And what better way is there to make some new international friends then through bribes of culinary delights? At the [...] http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/seven-sensational-hotel-gyms/126 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/seven-sensational-hotel-gyms/126#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:00:09 +0000 John Nielsen http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=126 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/seven-sensational-hotel-gyms/126/feed 1 As I plan my next business travel, my health promise to myself has to be taken in to account. I am over 40 and the spread is beginning to show. I have always used the excuse of my travels, but now more then ever I am committed to loosing weight and creating a new fitness [...]