Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu at Hidden Travel Gems

Turtle Bay is the only resort on the remote North Shore of Oahu. This part of Oahu is in stark contrast to the South Shore where over-populated Honolulu is located -- about a two-hour drive. At Turtle Bay, I had a spacious ocean view room, which, of course had a spectacular view of the Pacific. There's nothing like the sound of crashing waves against rocks right below a lanai. The strong [...] Read More


Michael Douglas and his Hawaiian Oscar Gift Bag at Hidden Travel Gems

A couple of months ago, I stayed at the Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina. The resort is located on the quiet western shore and about a 25-minute drive - depending on traffic -- from touristy Honolulu and Waikiki Beach. My suite was larger than most Manhattan apartments; it had so many doors, I actually walked into the closet when I thought I was entering the sitting room. The [...] Read More


Peace and Quiet on Oahu at Hidden Travel Gems

Oahu is home to Honolulu and over 80% of Hawaii's population. For this reason, Oahu is known as "The gathering place." In the past, many tourists heading to Hawaii at least had to stop off in Honolulu on the way to the outer-lying islands. As airlines increase the number of flights to Hawaii's other islands, Honolulu is becoming less and less the stopping off point it used to be. Oahu [...] Read More


Couture Shoes Created While You Wait at Pretty Things

I love to read magazines and while flipping through Ocean Drive which is one of my favorite magazines that covers Miami had Morgan Miller Shoes in an article. I was definitely intrigued to learn about this NYC native who now has her own couture shop in Miami (hello - we all know how much I love heading to South Beach and I'm an NYC girl who also loves shoes - [...] Read More


Turtle Beach's Cool USB Gaming Headphones at The Gadgets Weblog

Turtle Beach has a long history of making well-made sounds makers (the first sound card to complete with the Soundblaster, for example), so it's no surprise they've gotten into the latest thing in gaming sound: surround sound headphones. Take the Ear Force AK-R8, for example, which features 5.1 surround (including subwoofers) in two large cans, plus software-based digital signal processing for user-modified sound environments. What also makes the AK-R8 interesting, [...] Read More