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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #44

    Best of Travel, Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel

    I Was Just Thinking... . . . about all the articles that offer a look back at the year 2020....

    • January 4, 2021   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #34

    Best of Travel, Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized

    I Was Just Thinking... . . . about fires. The fires of California, Oregon and elsewhere. Although I’m an East...

    • October 5, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #27

    Best of Travel, Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel

    I Was Just Thinking... . . . about all the people who ask me how I’m “doing.” It’s a question...

    • August 18, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #26

    Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel

    I Was Just Thinking... . . . about how wealthy people travel compared to the rest of us. Read a...

    • August 6, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #25

    Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel

    I Was Just Thinking... . . . about the glories of frequent flyer miles and frequent guest award points. Especially...

    • July 30, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #22

    Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel

    I Was Just Thinking... . . . how different this Fourth of July was from all the other Fourth of...

    • July 11, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • A French Mexican Mashup: Mexican Cheese Souffle

    Best of Food, Blog, Books, Food, Lifestyle, Recipe, Travel

      I am obsessed with souffles. I have been known to whip one up when I am feeling blue or...

    • July 1, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #20

    Best of Travel, Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel

    I Was Just Thinking... . . . about hotels and how many will not be re-opening their doors in the...

    • June 25, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #12

    Best of Travel, Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel

    ... I Was Just Thinking . . . about how time is so elastic. Remember when you were young and...

    • May 1, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #11

    Best of Travel, Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Travel

    I Was Just Thinking... . . . about Las Vegas and all the money its hotels, casinos, and restaurants have...

    • April 23, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #9

    Best of Travel, Blog, Lifestyle, Travel

    I Was Just Thinking... Is it just me, or do you find you’re getting less work done when you’re at...

    • April 9, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Newsletter #8

    Best of Travel, Blog, Travel, Uncategorized

    About That Virus I wish I could offer a wise overview on the future of travel, but the news comes...

    • March 23, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Blue Lifestyle Update: February 2020

    Blog, Featured, Holiday, Lifestyle, Travel

    Everything you never knew you needed to know about food, beverage, and lifestyle. It's February. Spring is right around the...

    • February 18, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Chez l’Ami Louis

    Blog, Food, Lifestyle, Travel

    I just re-read the late A. A. Gill’s vicious and incredibly funny take-down of Chez L’Ami Louis that appeared...

    • February 11, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Tours: Newsletter #7

    Best of Travel, Blog, Travel

    The Demise Of Super Shuttle Those blue and yellow, shared-rider vans operated by Super Shuttle at airports since 1983...

    • January 20, 2020   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • The Musts of Weekends at Wineries

    Beverage, Blog, Featured, Food, Lifestyle, Travel, Wine

    Weekends at wineries can make for fun, memorable trips. Not only do you get to tour a new area,...

    • December 11, 2019   Blue Lifestyle   0
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  • Oktoberfest and Where you Should Celebrate It

    Best of Travel, Blog, Travel

    Oktoberfest is a traditional Bavarian festival celebrating all things Bavaria. Originally it was a festival in celebration of...

    • September 5, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • America’s Best Wine Regions (California Not Included)

    Alcohol, Cabernet, Featured, Riesling, Travel, Wine

    While the bulk of American wine production comes from the California, there are other regions throughout the United Staes...

    • August 14, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Tours: Newsletter #4

    Blog, Featured, Holiday, Lifestyle, Travel

      Scoring a Seat for 'Saturday Night Live' Ever wanted to be a member of the audience for NBC’s “Saturday Night...

    • August 13, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • 5 Places to Visit in New York outside of New York City

    Best of Travel, Blog, Travel

    Tired of the city life? Gridlock got you down? Feel like you’ve exhausted all your options in the...

    • July 30, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • Rudy Maxa’s Tours: Newsletter #2

    Blog, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

      Short Takes It was only a matter of time until someone made a movie built around Uber. Witness the recent...

    • July 23, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • 10 Cities and the Foods They are Known For

    Blog, Featured, Food, Lifestyle, Travel

    These days, anyone can find regional varieties of food in just about any major city. Seeing Southern Fried Chicken...

    • July 22, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • 10 Popular Drinks from Around the World

    Alcohol, Asian, Beverage, Blog, Spirits, Travel

    Fernet – Argentina Fernet is an aromatic bitter spirit made from a blend of herbs and spices and a base...

    • July 11, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • The Best Summer Food Festivals in LA

    Blog, Featured, Film, Food, Holiday, Lifestyle, Travel

    Summer is finally here, and along with it is a multitude of food festivals looking to cater to hungry...

    • June 17, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • The End of Craft Beer? Sam Adams’ Company Buys Dogfish Head Brewery

    Blog, Featured, Food, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

    Plus, gene-edited crops are making their way into our food supply, but governments still haven’t figured out how to...

    • May 10, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • Anthony Bourdain Loved Los Angeles; Here’s Why

    Blog, Featured, Film, Food, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

    The itinerant traveler counted L.A. as one of his favorite cities in the world Despite the traffic, oppressive sunshine, and...

    • May 7, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • 20 Best Things to Do in L.A. This Spring

    Beverage, Blog, Featured, Food, Holiday, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

    Welcome to Blue Lifestyle’s city guide, a list of 20 essential things to do in Los Angeles this spring....

    • April 5, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • Chef Edward Lee Discovers America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine in “Buttermilk Graffiti”

    Blog, Featured, Food, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

    Edward Lee may be a multi-year James Beard Award nominee and “Top Chef” participant, but the subjects of his...

    • March 22, 2019   wpengine   0
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  • 10 Best Holiday Events in L.A. This December

    Blog, Featured, Food, Holiday, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

    Can you believe it? We’re already nearing the middle of the holiday season, which means your schedule is probably...

    • December 11, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • L.A.’s Best One-Stop Holistic Healing Havens

    Blog, Featured, Holiday, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

    To many people, there’s a stereotypical idea of what L.A. wellness entails: hikes in Runyon Canyon, whole-body cryotherapy, and...

    • December 6, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • The Ultimate Dining Bucket List

    Blog, Featured, Food, Lifestyle, Organic, Pick of the Week, Travel

    For better or worse, the idea for The World’s 50 Best Restaurant list was born in a barroom. The...

    • December 3, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • 7 Best Things to Do in L.A. This Week

    Beverage, Blog, Cab, Cabernet, Featured, Film, Food, Holiday, Lifestyle, Non-alcoholic, Organic, Pick of the Week, Spirits, Travel

    From election night parties to a showcase of L.A.’s female culinary talent, an exhibition of paintings by local Chicano...

    • November 5, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • The Fowler’s “Arts of Africa” Exhibits: African Blacksmiths, Swahili Artisans, Family Events

    Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

    The Fowler Museum at UCLA has long been a venue that explores art and material culture primarily from Africa,...

    • October 31, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • Part II: Peru’s Ancient Geoglyphs

    Blog, Featured, Pick of the Week, Travel

    As a single-engine prop plane soars over the high desert of southern Peru, the dull performance of sand and...

    • October 26, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • Part I: A Look Inside the Life of a Peruvian Shaman

    Alcohol, Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Travel

    Dear Readers, In the next week, the editors here at Blue Lifestyle will take you on a three-part tour of...

    • October 23, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • Industry Legend Tom Jago of Last Drop Distillers Dies Aged 93

    Alcohol, Beverage, Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, Pick of the Week, Spirits, Travel, Whiskey

    Industry luminary Tom Jago, co-founder of The Last Drop Distillers who was instrumental in the development of brands including...

    • October 16, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • 5 L.A. Bartenders Share Their Favorite Cocktail Recipes

    Alcohol, Beverage, Blog, Featured, Food, Holiday, Lifestyle, Organic, Pick of the Week, Recipe, Spirits, Travel, Whiskey

    I know what you’re thinking—temperatures in October have been summer-like all over California, let alone the rest of the...

    • October 10, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • Anthony Bourdain’s Literary Legacy in 5 Books

    Alcohol, Beverage, Blog, Books, Featured, Food, Lifestyle, Recipe, Spirits, Travel

    Anthony Bourdain was impulsive, passionate, prone to righteous fluctuations in temperament, and probably a delightful person to have a...

    • October 4, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • The 6 Best Things to Do in L.A. This October

    Alcohol, Beverage, Blog, Fashion, Featured, Food, Holiday, Lifestyle, Non-alcoholic, Organic, Pick of the Week, Recipe, Spirits, Travel, Uncategorized, Wine

    From performances at L.A. Phil’s Disney Hall, including an evening of improvisational jazz with Herbie Hancock and a world...

    • October 1, 2018   wpengine   0
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  • The Hyatt Regency near LAX

    Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, The BL Minute, Travel

    If you’re an LA native and haven’t noticed yet, LAX is undergoing a $14 billion upgrade. Following the renovation...

    • December 12, 2017   wpengine   0
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  • Claridge’s: The Cookbook Review

    Blog, Books, Featured, Food, The BL Minute, Travel

    The crown jewel of cookbooks. Famed London hotel Claridge’s just released their first cookbook, Claridge’s: The Cookbook, and it...

    • September 13, 2017   wpengine   0
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  • Book Review: Chai, Chaat & Chutney

    Blog, Books, Food, Recipe, The BL Minute, Travel

    Unique and delicious Indian street food straight from the source. Cookbook author Chetna Makan has traveled to the four corners...

    • August 18, 2017   wpengine   0
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  • Malibu Rocky Oaks Estate Vineyards

    Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, The BL Minute, Travel, Wine

    What a view! Family owned since 2003, the Malibu Rocky Oaks Estate Vineyards is the ultimate wine-lover’s paradise. Nestled atop...

    • July 31, 2017   wpengine   0
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  • Vive Le France: French Wine

    Alcohol, Beverage, Blog, Featured, Holiday, The BL Minute, Travel, Wine

    Tomorrow is Bastille Day. Vive Le France! The history of French wine is a fascinating journey through the land of...

    • July 13, 2017   wpengine   0
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  • Four Seasons Bali

    Blog, Featured, Lifestyle, The BL Minute, Travel

    Luxury, re-imagined. Four Seasons Resorts have long been the leader for luxury destinations. With newly finished renovations to their...

    • June 26, 2017   wpengine   0
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  • The Cove, Eleuthera

    Pick of the Week, Travel

    Swaying palm trees, white sand beaches and turquoise waters greet guests at The Cove, Eleuthera in the Bahamas. The...

    • April 4, 2017   wpengine   0
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  • New Luxury Resort in Maldives – Milaidhoo Island

    Blog, Travel

    The newly opened luxury resort, Milaidhoo Island Maldives is situated in the middle of the Indian Ocean promising guests...

    • March 31, 2017   wpengine   0
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