Category Archives: Travel

Beirut: Step Lively

Posted on May 18, 2018 by debbie

Lebanon, May 2018 Photo: Downtown Beirut © DIEGOFIORE | DREAMSTIME.COM By Sharon King Hoge – May 1, 2018 ON THE LONGEST STAIRWAY in the Middle East, 129 steps and 18 landings separate two of the most colorful neighborhoods in Lebanon’s cosmopolitan capital city. … Continue reading →

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Explore the Philippine Islands

Posted on March 18, 2018 by debbie

Destinations, Magazine, March 2018, Philippines Photo: © AKARAT PHASURA | DREAMSTIME.COM By Sharon King Hoge – March 1, 2018 LUZON MAY BE DOMINATED by the bustling capital city, Manila, but there’s another unique location on the largest of the Philippine archipelago’s 7,500 islands. Vigan, the country’s only UNESCO … Continue reading →

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Dallas’ Diverse Opportunities

Posted on February 18, 2018 by debbie

February 2018, United States Photo: Dallas at twilight © SEAN PAVONE | DREAMSTIME By Sharon King Hoge – February 1, 2018 THE CITY’S NICKNAME, “BIG D,” could stand for Big Destination as companies and job applicants discover unlimited opportunities in the flourishing Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex … Continue reading →

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Ankara’s Modern Ambience

Posted on January 18, 2018 by debbie

January 2018, Turkey Photo: View of the Citadel © EVGENIY FESENKO | DREAMSTIME By Sharon King Hoge – January 1, 2018 THE LAND OF WHIRLING DERVISHES, the Trojan horse, the underground cities of Cappadocia and the charismatic founding statesman Kemal Atatürk, Turkey is rich in … Continue reading →

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A Tour of Portugal with the American Friends of Versailles

Posted on January 5, 2018 by debbie

Friday, January 5, 2018  –  by Sharon Hoge  – In New York Social Diary Liberally sprinkled with Bourbons, Beauharnais, Orleans and other descendants of noble French families, Portugal was a fitting destination for the American Friends of Versailles annual tour.  Raising … Continue reading →

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Hotel Angmagssalik in Tasiilaq, Greenland

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Sharon King Hoge

Hotel Angmagssalik in Tasiilaq, Greenland Story and photos by Sharon King Hoge in Luxury Web Magazine The dictionary definition may not allow leeway, but in some circumstances “luxury” is a relative term. A case in point is the Hotel Angmagssalik … Continue reading →

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Doing Business in Dubai

Posted on November 18, 2017 by debbie

November 2017, United Arab Emirates Photo: © SBOSTOCK | DREAMSTIME By Sharon King Hoge – November 1, 2017 MINGLE A CHORUS OF ‘‘What a Wonderful World” with a few bars of “Getting to Know You” and maybe add a dash of “I Didn’t … Continue reading →

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Atlanta: Young at Heart

Posted on October 18, 2017 by debbie

October 2017, United States Photo: © F11PHOTO | DREAMSTIME By Sharon King Hoge – October 1, 2017 “ATLANTA IS THE BEST IN THE U.S. … a renowned business climate with an unrivaled quality of living.” City advocates don’t bother to equivocate, and numerous accolades … Continue reading →

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Muscat Balances Tradition and Modernization

Posted on July 18, 2017 by debbie

Destinations, Editorial, July 2017, Magazine, Oman Photo: Al Alam Palace of Sultan Qaboos bin Said © EMANUELE MAZZONI | DREAMSTIME.COM By Sharon King Hoge – July 1, 2017 AMID THE CHAOS AND CONFLICT of the Middle East, Muscat, Oman, has been a stable oasis. Surrounded by mountains … Continue reading →

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Milton Park Country House Hotel & Spa

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Sharon King Hoge

Story and photography by Sharon King Hoge Arched Palladian windows… stately stone urns… dappled pathways… are signature features of Milton Park an historic resort in the manicured rolling landscape of the Southern Highlands an hour south of Sydney, Australia.  Originally called Mansfield … Continue reading →

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Chicago’s Commerce, Culture and Community

Posted on June 18, 2017 by debbie

Destinations, Editorial, June 2017, Magazine, United States Photo: © F11PHOTO | DREAMSTIME.COM By Sharon King Hoge – June 1, 2017 IT’S “THE BEST OF TIMES, THE WORST OF TIMES” in Chicago, a microcosm Tale of Two Cities, with outlying neighborhoods plagued by crime while the urban core prospers. … Continue reading →

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The Hamptons: At Leisure

Posted on May 18, 2017 by debbie

May 2017, United States Photo: © JORG HACKEMANN | DREAMSTIME.COM By Sharon King Hoge – May 1, 2017 NEW YORK STATE’S SEE-AND-BE-SEEN summer getaway of celebrities from Martha Stewart and Stephen Spielberg to Madonna and Jimmy Fallon, the Hamptons makes a tempting stopover. … Continue reading →

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Heading Straight Up Down Under

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Sharon King Hoge

A Bus Trip Along Australia’s Stuart Hiway Two weeks after crossing Russia from Moscow to Vladivostok, I transversed Australia by bus, slicing the continent up the middle, south to north, from Adelaide to Darwin on the Stuart Highway, named for … Continue reading →

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Economic Optimism in San Diego

Posted on March 18, 2017 by debbie

March 2017, United States Photo: Stone Brewing main dining room and bar © STONE BREWING By Sharon King Hoge – March 1, 2017 WITH GLORIOUS BEACHES, reliably mild weather and world-class attractions, San Diego is often called America’s Finest City. The country’s 17th-largest metropolitan area … Continue reading →

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St. Kilda, Melbourne

Posted on December 18, 2016 by debbie

Australia, December 2016, Destinations, Editorial, Magazine Photo: St. Kilda Pier © DONALD YIP | DREAMSTIME.COM By Sharon King Hoge – December 1, 2016 It may be hard to tear away from the abundance of colorful shops and cafés in the compact urban grid of central Melbourne, but … Continue reading →

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