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5 Amazing French Toasts of New York (Move Over Humans of NY)

French toast might actually be one of the best things ever invented. To test that theory, I dedicated many a  weekend brunch after my morning runs in Central Park to the cause of sampling French toasts around New York. Granted, that probably voided the entire point of going for a morning run, but it was clearly worth it. NORMA’S AT LE PARKER MERIDIEN (MIDTOWN) The best french toast I have ever had – the thing doesn’t even taste like french…

Maui Part 3 – Wailea Beach Path

A path winds along the ocean, just off the water, wrapping around headlands and linking the stretches of beach (Wailea, Polo, Ulua and Mokapu) and hotel grounds in Wailea. It’s windy, and it is beginning to cool down as the sun sets in the West. Wailea Beach is flanked by the Andaz Maui, the Wailea Beach Marriott, the Waldorf Astoria Grand Wailea and the Four Seasons Maui, and the path winds through the base of each resort – providing easy…

Maui Part 1 – Wailea Beach

After 10 months of full-time conservatory theater training in snowy New York and an arduous move from coast to coast, Maui was a welcome getaway. I had gone from a mild Australian winter straight to a freezing northern hemisphere one so a week of lazy beach days in the sun was definitely due. Breakfast overlooking the grounds was such a change from the light-speed of New York life, not having anywhere to rush off to. Wailea beach is lined by…