Travel

Many of London's hotels are world famous — the Ritz, Claridge's, the Dorchester, the Savoy. If you are a high-end traveler planning a visit to the British capital — or if you just like to do your armchair traveling in luxury — here are five of my favorites.

Kentucky's liquor landscape has become a little less blended.

LONDON — London is my favorite city in the world. I will even say it is the world's greatest city. I know there are those who hold out for New York, but consider this: London has everything New York has — world-class theater, incomparable museums, luxury shopping, elegant hotels, five-star restaurants, ethnic neighborhoods — but it has at least one thing Gotham doesn't: 2,000 years of history.

It's time to check on snow conditions and dust off skis in preparation for hitting the slopes. If a ski trip is in your plans this winter, you can do no better than Colorado.

In case you get lost along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the trail's revamped Web site includes turn-by-turn directions along with a new drag-and-drop feature that lets you plan your route from or to any of the eight distilleries.