Roaming Boomers

Photograph: Hurricane Earl From the International Space Station

David Porter — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:46:28 +0000

This photograph possesses three things important to any traveler: travel (albeit space travel), weather (Hurricane Earl), and very cool lodging (International Space Station).

Photographed by an Expedition 24 crew member on the International Space Station, this is an oblique view that shows the eye (just left of center) of Hurricane Earl. A Russian Soyuz vehicle is docked to the station (foreground). Credit: NASA

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Orlando’s Disney World and Epcot Center

David Porter — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:32:09 +0000

Is Orlando’s Disney World and Epcot Center a fun place for baby boomers? Stay tuned, we’ll let you know.

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Waldorf Astoria Orlando

David Porter — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:00:13 +0000

While visiting Disney World, we will be staying at the elegantly luxurious Waldorf Astoria Orlando. Our first Waldorf Astoria property! Can’t wait!

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AARP Orlando @50+

David Porter — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:33 +0000

In very late September, we are headed to AARP Orlando 50+. This is AARP’s massive annual event filled with music and fun for its AARP members. Should be a blast. Stay tuned!

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San Ysidro Ranch ~ Santa Barbara, California

David Porter — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:59:25 +0000

San Ysidro Ranch is the #1 Resort in the US/Canada according to Travel & Leisure’s 2010 World’s Best Awards. Even more cool, The Roaming Boomers will soon be spending three nights at this beautiful Santa Barbara resort. Stay tuned! We’ll tell you all about it!

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L’Auberge de Sedona ~ Sedona, Arizona

David Porter — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:57:46 +0000

L’Auberge de Sedona ~ “One of the World’s Best” by Travel & Leisure, AAA Four-Diamond Award, and we will soon be spending a few nights! Stay tuned for our story.

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Blog World and New Media Expo 2010

David Porter — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:54:07 +0000

In October, Carol and I are speaking on a “travel track” panel at the Blog World and New Media Expo 2010. YEAH!

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Arizona Restaurant Week 2010

David Porter — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:51:38 +0000

7 reservations. 7 restaurants. 7 consecutive nights. Stay tuned for our upcoming Arizona Restaurant Week 2010 series!

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Roaming Boomers Video: The Royal Palms Resort and Spa – Phoenix, Arizona

David Porter — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:08:16 +0000

The Royal Palms Resort and Spa ~ Phoenix, Arizona – As we continue our journey to stay in all of Arizona’s highest rated resorts, we think we have found something very special for you at The Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix.

The Royal Palms Resort and Spa was first opened in 1948, but its original history started out in 1929 as a mansion built by Delos Willard Cooke, a New York industrialist and financier who came to the desert to aid his wife’s poor health.

Because of the Royal Palms Resort and Spa’s historical significance, and its early appeal to Hollywood-types like Groucho Marks and even President Bush, this iconic resort has also found its way to a listing in the Historic Hotels of America.

On-site Roaming Boomer Photo Journals

Day #1 at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa

Day #2 at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa

Dazzled by Executive Chef Lee Hillson’s Cuisine

As you can see from our following video, the Royal Palms Resort and Spa is a stunningly beautiful place with perhaps the valley’s most mature gardens:

From our visit, here are the things that were left foremost in our minds:

The look and feel of a Mediterranean estate.
Unbelievably lush gardens for being in the middle of the Sonoran desert.
Our spa suite was really cool. Two flat screen TVs, a steam shower, Bose Stereo system, free WiFi, and all the little extras that you would expect from a world-class resort.
Carol really enjoyed her Alvadora Spa facial. She said, “I look five years younger”.
T. Cook’s restaurant is phenomenal. I am very happy that we can go enjoy Chef Hillson’s cuisine when ever we like.
Amazing chilled White Sangria at lunch.
Our poolside cabana was nice, and the service was impeccable.
There must be 50 little nooks around the resort where four people could sit and visit, have a cigar, enjoy a glass of wine, enjoy a fireplace, enjoy a fountain, or simply read a book. I really like this about the Royal Palms.
Everyone was very friendly, helpful, and bent over backwards to create a wonderful experience for us.

I would encourage you to poke around in our articles and video. I am quite confident that you will begin to see why The Royal Palms Resort and Spa has enjoyed such great success for over the last 60 years, and is greatly worthy of your consideration.

Disclosure: our wonderful experience was provided by the kind folks at The Royal Palms Resort and Spa. Thank you very much! It was fabulous!

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Vine & Dine Valrhona Chocolate Dinner at the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

David Porter — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:02:00 +0000

Yahoo! We’re attending the Vine & Dine Valrhona Chocolate Dinner at the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North’s Talavera Restaurant.

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