Carolyn McGuire

Cathay Pacific Airways' All Asia Pass is back for an encore. For $999, the All Asia Pass provides a round-trip Economy Class ticket between New York, San Francisco or Los...

My year of travel? Well, it didn't include one of my favorite ways to get from point to point. That would be cruising. Maybe next year. I also didn't make...

You call yourself a skier -- or, a wannabe skier? Well, then, you'll want to mark these dates on your calendar: Nov. 4-7. That's when the Chicago Ski & Snowboard...

Travel is my great elixir. The anticipation of new experiences usually even stifles my fear of flying. My tastes are eclectic -- I can't get enough of London and Paris...

Associate travel editor Carolyn McGuire spent two weeks in Australia last August, and although she didn't get to Melbourne or Cairns, she did visit Sydney and Adelaide and some points...

The bistros of Chicago and vicinity include very traditional and very modern styles. Tribune staffers visited a number of bistros in the city and suburbs, and here's what they found:...

What we call French toast is simply lost bread to the French. That's literally true; pain perdu, which is what the French call it, literally means "lost bread." French bread,...

Sightseeing in the Swiss Alps, a stay at a Swiss spa and Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson all on one trip? That`s right. Jackson and his wife, June, are special...

Anyone interested in renting a villa in the Caribbean-specifically in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, the half-French, half-Dutch island of St. Martin/St. Maarten or St. Barthelemy (St. Barts)-would do...

If chocolate desserts matter, proceed cautiously. Chances are, you`ll get hooked on a fudgelike creation called a Brownie Point. Take it from someone who did. Shaped like a cookie, the...