Nationwide, Zumba classes are selling out. This dance-fitness program incorporates Latin-inspired hip-swiveling routines with bicep curls, knee lifts and squats all choreographed to music that makes it impossible to sit still. Mary Ann Treger goes to Canyon Ranch to test it.
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Getaways are supposed to be relaxing, a way to connect with my inner Buddha. But lately, Mary Ann is exhausted after a three-hour flight, taking her days to recover before she can enjoy her destination or reacclimatize when she returns home.
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Have I morphed into Alice peering through a looking glass in some fantastical dream? Did Lady Gaga and Martha Stewart join forces to create this Technicolor decor before me? Or is this outrageousness really a reality–a magical transformation of the grandest of grand dames, The Greenbrier?
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My firsts are clenched. My nose is itching, but I dare not scratch it. One wiggle of a finger and I fear Ely or Lily might misinterpret the gesture and move in for a kiss and I’m in no mood for romantic overtures, especially from a couple of 300-pound bottlenose dolphins. Even though I’m wearing a wet suit on this balmy day, I’m cold. And scared. And wondering what the hell I am doing in the Atlantic Ocean treading water with two frisky mammals.
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Queen of the romance novel, Roberts has written more bestsellers than anyone in the world. Of her 190 full length novels, 162 of them have spent over 800 weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list. More than 400 million copies of her books are in print in 34 languages. She also writes romance detective novels under the pseudonym, J.D. Robb. As if that isn’t enough to keep her busy, between chapters she purchased and oversaw every aspect of the renovation of the historic Inn BoonsBoro, minutes from her Keedysville, Md., home.
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Trendy boutique hotels may be in vogue but this hotel groupie loves the classics. Spare me cold, minimalist lobbies and rooms with showers I can’t figure out how to use. And while you’re at it, save those artsy and uncomfortable minimalist sofas for train stations. Ta-ta to impersonal stainless steel and surround me with museum-quality [...]
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“You have atrial fibrillation,” says the doctor. These are not the four words my husband, Terry wants to hear from his cardiologist a few days before we are scheduled to leave the country for a cruise from Southampton, England to the remote Norway fjords on the ultra-luxurious Queen Victoria ocean liner.
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