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2 days agoJennifer Kester answered the question:
Where can you get the best view of San Diego?
You don’t have to search far to find amazing ocean views in San Diego. Get a glimpse of waves crashing into the rugged coastline at Point Loma’s Sunset Cliffs, La Jolla Shores and Encinitas’ Self-Realization Fellowship Hermitage and Meditation Gardens (it sounds random, but if you are respectful to the occasional temple members meditating on the flower-filled grounds, you’ll be rewarded with an amazing bluff-side vista). But my favorite place to take in the nearly picture-perfect scenery is at the Hotel Del Coronado. Whether you sit on the patio at Sheerwater restaurant and dine on wild sea bass, enjoy a glass of crisp white at Eno Wine Bar’s outdoor lounge or huddle near a fire pit on the long sun deck, you’ll overlook Coronado Beach — one of the city’s best sandy spots. The red-turreted iconic hotel, ocean breeze, gold-flecked sand and sun setting over the Pacific help make the quintessential San Diego experience. -
3 days agoJennifer Kester answered the question:
What are the best places for dessert in San Diego?
The best place for dessert in San Diego is Extraordinary Desserts. Paris-trained pastry chef and owner Karen Krasne crafts exquisite confections that look as good as they taste. Each heavenly dessert is plated with artful syrup swirls, edible gold leaf, dark fuchsia orchid petals and sometimes whole flower buds. My go-to on the rotating menu is the light-as-air roasted coconut cream torte — vanilla cake drenched in coconut milk layered with coconut custard, coconut mousse, and covered with whipped cream and toasted coconut shavings. One popular pick is the dulce de leche torte, where sheets of chocolate cake, chocolate mousse and choclate crunches are draped in a rich dulce de leche frosting. Pair your indulgence with Kona coffee or my favorite, Birthday tea, a black blend with notes of vanilla and caramel that’s like dessert in a cup.
I prefer the Balboa Park location of Extraordinary Desserts to the Little Italy outpost (though at the latter, you can order some non-dessert food, like panini and grilled cheese sandwiches). It’s more intimate, with its dimly lit covered patio (there are heaters there in the winter). You’ll see dates and groups of sugar addicts queued up outside of the popular spot, especially on the weekends.
While Azúcar doesn’t have the ambience of Extraordinary Desserts, it does deliver lovely-looking sweets. Pastry chef Vivian Hernandez honed her technique in Five-Star Claridge's in London and Four-Star Loews Miami Beach Hotel before opening up shop in San Diego’s Ocean Beach neighborhood. Try her Cuban-style desserts, including mojito cookies and Little Havana, a rum-soaked cake drizzled with dulce de leche. -
3 days ago
Jennifer Kester, Forbes Travel Guide Editor, posted on Michelle Doucette, Forbes Travel Guide Editor, 's feed:
Michelle, thanks for the info on Kai's dress code. The restaurant is on my list of places to visit, so now I know what to pack when I go.
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3 days agoJennifer Kester answered the question:
What are the best places for dessert in San Diego?
The best place for dessert in San Diego is Extraordinary Desserts. Paris-trained pastry chef and owner Karen Krasne crafts exquisite confections that look as good as they taste. Each heavenly dessert is plated with artful syrup swirls, edible gold leaf, dark fuchsia orchid petals and sometimes whole flower buds. My go-to on the rotating menu is the light-as-air roasted coconut cream torte — vanilla cake drenched in coconut milk layered with coconut custard, coconut mousse, and covered with whipped cream and toasted coconut shavings. One popular pick is the dulce de leche torte, where sheets of chocolate cake, chocolate mousse and choclate crunches are draped in a rich dulce de leche frosting. Pair your indulgence with Kona coffee or my favorite, Birthday tea, a black blend with notes of vanilla and caramel that’s like dessert in a cup.
I prefer the Balboa Park location of Extraordinary Desserts to the Little Italy outpost (though at the latter, you can order some non-dessert food, like panini and grilled cheese sandwiches). It’s more intimate, with its dimly lit covered patio (there are heaters there in the winter). You’ll see dates and groups of sugar addicts queued up outside of the popular spot, especially on the weekends.
While Azúcar doesn’t have the ambience of Extraordinary Desserts, it does deliver lovely-looking sweets. Pastry chef Vivian Hernandez honed her technique in Five-Star Claridge's in London and Four-Star Loews Miami Beach Hotel before opening up shop in San Diego’s Ocean Beach neighborhood. Try her Cuban-style desserts, including mojito cookies and Little Havana, a rum-soaked cake drizzled with dulce de leche. -
3 days ago
Jennifer Kester posted:
What's your favorite road trip? I love the PCH trek (though bring Dramamine for Big Sur). http://blog.startle.com/top-10-american-road-trips-2
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On May 16
From Catherine E. Toth, Correspondent, :Thanks for the follow! Miss Chicago... Went to Northwestern. It was my first experience in a real winter!
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On May 15
Hi Tom. Check out our Forbes Travel Guide editors' summer reading list—it has great book recommendations to keep you busy during your upcoming international flight: http://blog.startle.com/startle-editors-summer-reading-list...
Forbes Travel Guide Editor
Chicago, Illinois, USA
As the Executive Editor at Forbes Travel Guide and its website, Startle.com, my finger is firmly on the pulse of the latest in luxury travel. My own journeys have brought me everywhere from Shanghai to Tasmania to the Baltics, and I’m always on the lookout for the next great city to visit. I’ve parlayed my globe-trotting into my work, serving as an editor and writer at such publications as HotelChatter, Jaunted, AOL and Time Out Chicago. When I’m not scoping out a new travel destination, you’ll find me trying hot new restaurants, seeing the latest play or just having a laugh at a comedy show.
