http://www.tiffanyhawk.com Writer Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:35:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Of course there are ports of call, but when the Crystal Serenity hosts its Wine and Food Festival cruise, it’s all about the eating in between. by Tiffany Hawk His arm brushes past me as he leans in to grind fresh black pepper over my salad. I close my eyes and take ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/love-at-first-bite/ To understand Sapphire chef Azmin Ghahreman’s acclaimed cuisine only by his menu is to understand the iceberg only by its tip. To appreciate the dimensions of his cooking, you must understand his home life. By Tiffany Hawk “A blessed home is when you smell food,” says chef Azmin Ghahreman of the ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/features/home-away/ I've spent a decade in the travel industry, and I have a lot to say about it. See my take on: Airplanes, Airlines, Airports Heathrow Goes First World? What are they smoking? Virgin America's inaugural flight ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/writer-travel-industry-insider/ With seven television shows and a rapidly growing number of films set in Orange County, we’re enjoying a few minutes of fame and an unprecedented opportunity. By TIFFANY HAWK When Matt Ouimet, who was living in Florida at the time, was asked to move to Orange County to take over as president ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/features/the-reel-oc/ Although it was a real need to get from point “a” to “b” that made him a pilot at 10 years old (he grew up in a remote and roadless part of Alaska), Ty Frisbee refuses to see airplanes as transportation. In fact, 99% of his flights take off and ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/on-the-fly/ When people meet Gregory Wilson of Costa Mesa, they don’t know whether to fear him or love him. Usually, they do both – then pay him for the pleasure. The one-time professional con man has given up the life of a pool hustler and card sharp, and now spends his ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/man-of-steal/ For as long as she can remember, 89-year-old Huntington Beach resident Vi Cowden has wanted to fly. At six years old, before she’d even heard of an airplane, she dreamed of soaring over her neighborhood like the hawks. At 24, this then first grade teacher (an “appropriate” career for a ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/fly-girl/ Ever fallen in love with a mannequin? Darrin Rowland has, and he’s made a thriving career out of his affection as the visual manager for Neiman Marcus Fashion Island. “Mannequins are so much fun. I love them,” he says as he fixes the hair and touches up the makeup of ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/dressing-rooms/ By the time he’d logged 34 years as a fashion illustrator working for the most glamorous names in the business (Vogue, Seventeen, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan), Donald Hendricks of Laguna Woods faced a problem. Boredom. His search for a new challenge left him floundering for years until he finally stumbled ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/all-dolled-up/ Primate Unknown Most people think Matt Moneymaker, the head of the San Juan Capistrano based Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, is insane. Some people would even call him a fraud, but a growing number of scientists think he’s on to something. “People have trouble accepting Bigfoot’s existence until they really look ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/bigfoot/ By Tiffany Hawk “You can leave your umbrella at the door,” says the hostess as she sashays toward the table I have reserved, no doubt expecting me to follow. I hesitate. “Can I really leave the umbrella unattended?” This is San Francisco, the city I left after three car break-ins in ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/mission-statement/ Celebrate your marriage in one of the most romantic honeymoon spots on the planet. By Tiffany Hawk The post-wedding bliss may be a phase, or it may last forever, but one thing is for certain, it is the perfect time to nurture your love whether it’s star-crossed, whirlwind, shotgun or true. ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/on-location/ http://www.coastmagazine.com/travel/jan06_travel03.html TEFAF, Holland's famous art and antique fair, offers a chance to fantasize about spies, shaken martinis, and having the means to buy some of the most prestigious art on the planet. By Tiffany Hawk FADE IN: EXT: SCHIPHOL AIRPORT, AMSTERDAM – WINTER The 747 door cracks open, letting out the stale air and pent-up ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/buy-another-day/ When it comes to five-star accommodations, today’s must-have amenity is a share in the real estate. By Tiffany Hawk When someone suggests buying a hotel condo, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Florida? Time share? Aunt Edna? Never-ending sales pitches over watered-down coffee and stale cookies reminiscent of an ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/own-your-own-adventure/ http://www.coastmagazine.com/travel/feb07_cabo.html At Las Ventanas al Paraiso, you don’t need a lover (though one wouldn’t hurt) to indulge in one of the most sensual experiences on earth. When you think of two single girls, one of them (me) in a fragile post-breakup state, escaping to Baja, it’s logical to expect a happening hotel ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/yo-quiero-cabo/ You don’t need 10 days or $5,000 to see Alaska – in fact, a quick jaunt can offer a more intimate experience I paddle my kayak around a bend in the cove and gasp. Two sea lions are playing only inches away. My first instinct is awe, so I stop paddling ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/weekend-in-the-wild/ Coast Magazine original article Hotelier Gordon Campbell Gray is a master at transforming popular – in the positive and negative senses of the word – tourist haunts into the hippest, most sought after destinations around. With his sister hotels, London’s One Aldwych and Antigua’s Carlisle Bay, Gray is two for two ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/sister-act/ Buy the book at Amazon! At 24, I impulsively threw away a respectable but boring life in suburban California for a stint as a London based flight attendant. A whirlwind of parties, clubs and pubs had me yearning for something real, and a down-to-earth connection proved ever harder to find in ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/memoir-and-fiction/anything-with-two-legs-and-a-pulse/ San Francisco: This time last year I’m only 5’2”, yet I tower over her. My wrists are the size of her biceps. As I take my shoes off at her doorstep, she offers me a pair of her slippers, but I can’t even fit my toes into the opening. I laugh, ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/memoir-and-fiction/the-talk/ A surrogate gift and a feigned smile prove it really is the thought that counts. The tree looked as green as the day we put it up. It always would. Every year we pulled the box from the rafters and matched the color-coded branches to their correct positions on the metal ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/memoir-and-fiction/the-pretenders/