Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer

• Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer are a wife and husband team who successfully bridge the worlds of popular culture and traditional scholarship. Co-authors of the critically acclaimed interactive oral histories It Happened in the Catskills, It Happened in Brooklyn, Growing Up Jewish in America, It Happened on Broadway, and It Happened in Manhattan, they teach what they practice as professors at Dartmouth College.
  
  They are also travel writers who specialize in luxury properties and fine dining as well as cultural history and Jewish history and heritage in the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean. (More about these authors.)

  FROMMERLUXURYTRAVEL articles also appear on the websites of restaurants, hotels,  resorts, and other venues reviewed, and profiled by them: Click Here:  http://harveyfrommersports.com/hotel_etc_list.pdf

  The following is a more comprehensive list of over 250 reviews and profiles written for Travel-Watch by the Frommers.

• An Impressive Starwood Presence in Buenos Aires:  The Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center and the Part Tower Hotel
• Beautiful Buenos Aires: A Place of Possibilities
• The Sweet-Sweet Llao Llao Hotel in Beautiful Bariloche, Argentina
• A Wild Paradise and a Luxury Hotel in Patagonia's El Chaltén
• Las Hayas And Ushuaia: A Story At The Bottom Of The World
• Part of the Life of the City:  The Sofitel Buenos Aires
• Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt Buenos Aires - C’est Magnifique!
• Taking the Wine Road to the Park Hyatt Mendoza
• The Jews of Argentina

• Intriguing, Innsbruck, Austria - - in the Heart of the Alps
• Vienna's Hotel Bristol: Where the Past Is as Real as the Present
• Dreams of Vienna at the Hotel Imperial

• An Enchanted Evening with Hubert De La Motte
• The Glorious Guanahani of St. Barts
• Sanctuaries in the Sand -Jewish Stories in the  Islands

• West of the Andes at the Grand Hyatt Santiago

• Flamingo Beach Resort and Spa in Costa Rica: It's "Pura Vida!"
• Mar y Sol: Classic French with a Costa Rican Accent
• A Happy Move to the Hilton Papagayo, Costa Rica

• Puttin' on the Ritz - At the London Ritz
• It's MAGIC - London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
• Newest In The Rocco Forte Niche:  Brown's Hotel of Mayfair, London
• Tea for Two at the Dorchester Hyde Park, London

• The Wow Factor: St. David's Hotel and Spa and What's Happening in Cardiff, Wales

• Legends in the Making in a Little Known Part of Provence!
• The Sofitel Champs Elysees:  "C'est Unforgettable"
• The Hyatt Paris Madeleine: Aglow in the City of Light
• Name: Alain Ducasse; Address: 59 Poincare - "Legumes Homard Boeufs Et Fruits"
• The Sun King Meets "A Thousand and one Nights" At Les Perles De Vendome
• Le Grand Vefour: A Timeless Parisian Treasure
• The Gardens of Giverny
• The Discrete Charm of Paris' San Regis Hotel
• Around the Corner from L'Arc De Triompe: The Hotel Vernet
• Hotel Byblos:  The Heart and Soul of St.-Tropez
• A Showerful of Sundry Stars: The Martinez Hotel of Cannes
• A New Dining Concept in St. -Tropez Spoon at Byblos
• On the Bay of Angels Le Palais De La Méditeranée of Nice
• Chateau De Bagnols in Beaujolais Where the Past is as Real as the Present

• Murano in Paris Urban Resort on the Edge of Marais

• Michel Rostang Restaurant:  A Gastronomic Experience that Feels Like Home
• At Guy Savoy Where "A Meal is a Celebration of Life"
• Tunisian Jews on the French Riviera: A Link in the Franco-Jewish Chain
• Murano Urban Resort of Paris: A Smash Hit in Three Acts
• A Norman Expérience At The Château La Chènevière
• Enchantement In The Mist At The Château De Montreuil

• A Time To Remember At The Hôtel San Régis In Paris

• A Bright and Shining Star in the City of Lights: The Hôtel de Crillon

• Being First at Westin Paris

• Style on Ice in the 18 ème: Kube Hotel, Paris

• An Evening to Remember at the Restaurant d'Hiver, Le Hôtel Bristol -- Paris

• La Galerie at the Four Seasons George V, Paris

Germany

• Getting Our Bearings at the Grand Hyatt of Berlin

• Fine Dining at the Lorenz Adlon - In the Shadow of the Brandenburg Gate

• From a Bank in Berlin to the Art of Simple Luxury at Rocco Forte's Hotel De Rome

• Food, Wine, and Water at the First Floor, Hotel Palace, Berlin

• Margaux: A New Level of Haute Cuisine in Berlin

• The Grandeur that is Rome at the St. Regis Grand Hotel, Rome
• It's Still "La Dolce Vita" At The Westin Excelsior Hotel, Rome
• The Art of Fine Dining at Rome's Hotel Lord Byron
• A Restaurant Named Picasso - A Roman Hotel Named Raphael
• Hotel De Russie: The Place with a Buzz!
• Venice's Very Best: The Hotel Danieli
• The Oldest Romans of them All
• A Treasure-Filled Trip Through Time at Starwood's Grand Hotel, Firenze
• Rocco Forte's Singular Hotel Savoy Firenze - The 21st Century in the Heart of Florence
• All Roads Lead to Rome's Hotel De Russie
• A Woman with Brio in Charge At The Hotel De Russie of Rome
• The Eagle Soars In Tuscany At The Adler Thermae Spa Resort
• The Classical Meets The Modern At The Timeless Westin Excelsior Of Rome
• The Royal Reception at the St. Regis Grand, Rome
• Life in Venice at the Hotel Gritti Palace
• Venice: TravelBytes - Terrazza Danieli, LoCanda Cipriani,Galleria D'Arte L'Occhio
• Adler Spa Resorts - A Delicate Balance in the Foothills of the Italian Alps

• "Hot and Cool" Merge in Marrakech's Murano Oriental Resort
• The Many Moroccan Splendors of Marrakech’s Le Méridien N'Fis
• Riad Lotus Privilège In Marrakech
• The Heart of Moroccan Tradition at Casablanca’s Royal Marsden Meridien

• Nights (and Days) in Lisbon
• All Aboard to The Lapa Palace, Lisbon and Reid's Place, Madeira
• The Crowne Plaza Resort Madeira and its Crown Jewel: The Wild Orchid
• 'Stayin' at the Savoy in Magical Madeira
• Discovering Portugal's Amazing Algarve

• Romanoff Royalty at Rocco Forte’s Hotel Astoria, St. Petersburg, Russia 

• Madrid's Golden Museum Triangle
• Fine Art and Fine Dining at Madrid's Villa Real
• Getting the Royal Treatment at the Hotel Villa Magna of Madridc
• Celebrating the New Year and Enjoying the Old at the Palace Hotel in Madrid
• A Night at the Opera: El Cafe de La Opera of Madrid
• Beautiful Barcelona's "Old Glory" The Avenida Palace Hotel
• Enchanting Neichel - The Best Restaurant in Barcelona
• Divine Dining at Diana in Barcelona's Ritz Hotel
• Keeping the Best of the Past at the Westin Palace, Madrid
• Seville's Many Splendored Hotel Alfonso XIII

• The Mystique of the Orient Express and the Magic of the Hotel Ritz, Madrid

• Seville:  Never-to-be-Forgotten City of Orange Trees

• The Centrality of Madrid

• It's A Hotel, It's A Museum - It's The Five Star Hotel Claris of Barcelona

• The Enchantments of Mas De Torrent In Catalonia's Baix Emporda

Switzerland

• The Story of a Swiss Hotel: Rocco Forte's Le Richemond

• Watching the Sun Set Over Lake Geneva at the Hotel du Parc des Eaux Vives

• A Story Worth Celebrating: The Jews of Istanbul
• The Call of Istanbul
• Experiencing Intriguing Istanbul at the Hyatt Regency

• Moving Onto The World Stage: Kiev Hyatt Regency

• It Might As Well Be Spring: Washington, D.C.'s Park Hyatt
• Heavenly Chicago and the Wonderful Westin River North
• Stepping Back in Splendid Isolation - Mies van der Rohe at the Modern and the Whitney
• California - St. Regis Style!
• A Place in the Sun: The Sheraton Bal Harbour of Miami Beach
• The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D. C. - A Capital Experience
• Hemingway's: A Place in the Country
• A Tale of Two Hotels:  The Palms and the National of Miami Beach
• Big Doings in Boston - A Night at the Hotel Commonwealth and a Dinner at Great Bay
• The Breakers of Palm Beach: A Unique Universe of a Resort
• The Park Hyatt of Washington, D.C. Redux and Redux and Redux ...
• From Cleveland, Ohio to Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Enchanting Beach Rose Inn
• Boston's Sheraton Hotel: They Take Care of You!
• The Nimrod Falmouth, Massachusetts: The Place with a Hole in the Wall!
• The State House Inns and the Rebirth of Providence, Rhode Island
• Vive La France at the Sofitel Lafayette Square in Washington D.C.
• The Fontainebleau of Miami Beach - Fabulous Once More
• An All-American Renewal at the Washington D.C. Park Hyatt
• Experiencing Authentic Arizona at the Wigwam Resort & Golf Club
• Architectural Landmark And 21st Century Hotel: The Biltmore Resort & Spa Of Phoenix, Arizona
• The Fabulous Phoenician: A Spiritual As Well As Hedonist Retreat
• A Mexican Fiesta Every Night: At La Hacienda in the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
• An All-American at the Washington, D.C. Park Hyatt
• Along the Southern Oregon Way - Part I - Ashland and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
• Along The Southern Oregon Way - Part II - High Country And Wine Country
• Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC: A Hotel for All Seasons
• Where People Want to Stay: The Westin Grand, Washington D.C.
• A Blessed Building in St. Petersburg, Florida: The Renaissance Vinoy
• Preserving the Past While Looking to the Future at Miami Beach's National Hotel
• Hilton -- Naples, Florida -- All-American Hotel, All-American Restaurant
• A Pink Palace on the Beach of St. Pete:  The DonCeSar Beach Resort, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
• A Multi-Faceted and Many Splendored Place: Longboat Key Club and Resort

• The Greatest Restaurant in New York: Le Cirque 2000
• Applause! Applause! Alain Ducasse at the Essex House
• A New York Story, The Nieporent Brothers, Tribeca, and Montrachet
• The Timeless St. Regis and the Splendorous Lespinasse
• Ken Aretsky: The Proprietor of Patroon
• The Aquavit Experience
• There's Magic Even Without the Moonlight at the Rainbow Room
• Club 21 - The World's Classiest Saloon
• March Restaurant: Any Month of the Year!
• Coming Out of the Cold Into The First of Many D'Artagnans
• A Place to Take Those Special Guests: Tribeca Grill - NYC
• Fauchon: A Piece of Paris on Park Avenue
• Christmas in July at Café Des Artistes
• The Pleasures of Dining at Le Périgord
• Astonishing Asiate at the Mandarin Oriental: A Room with More Than a View
• Montrachet - No Longer Off The Beaten Path
• Centrico - The Myriad Flavors of Mexico in Tribeca
• Discovering Mai House: Myriad’s New Tribeca Eatery
• Centrico Revisited
• The Newest Star in the Myriad Galaxy: Corton
• Amazing "Acela Club"  at Citi Field, New Home of the NY Mets
• A Young Chef Who Appreciates Tradition at Aquavit

• A Story Worth Celebrating: The Jews of Istanbul
• A Story That Is About to End: The Jews of the Azores
• The Jews of Melilla
• In Quest of Alsace's Jewish Heritage
• Building Bridges in Segovia, Spain
• Discovering a Forgotten Past In Girona, Spain
• The Spanish-Jewish Connection: The Jews of the Basque
• The Jews of Valencia
• Letter from Tudela: An Accidental Discovery
• The Azores: A Fascinating Piece of Diaspora
• The Oldest Romans of them All
• Tunisian Jews on the French Riviera: A Link in the Franco-Jewish Chain
• The Spanish Jewish Connection
• The Jews of Argentina

• American Airlines: Flying the Romantic Run to Paris
• Fly Virgin Atlantic Airways: There's Magic in the Air!
• Amazing Aerolineas Argentianas
• Aerolineas Argentianas: A- OK 
• Lufthansa: There's no Better Way to Fly
• AirTran Airways: A Wonderful Way to Fly (Part 1)
• AirTran Airways: A Wonderful Way to Fly (Part 2)
• Amazing AirTran Airways: Getting Better All the Time
• Swiss International Airlines:  Definitely the Way to Fly!
• AirTran Airways: The Way To Go!  
• AirTran Airways: Airways:  A Plus, the Gem of Flight

• Heavenly Hertz - Painless Car Rental
• Perfecto: Hertz in South Florida
• Hertz Car Rental A Number One!
• Hertz The Way to Go!

• Painless and Perfect: PreFlight Airport Parking
• Amazing Avistar:  Discount Airport Parking
• Still Perfect and Painless: PreFlight Airport Parking
• PERFECTO! PreFlight Airport Parking
• Again Amazing Avistar JFK!
• Preflight Parking in Boston:  A Championship Doubleheader
• Fabulous Park 'N Fly Network: Efficient, Economical, Enjoyable
• Another Trip, Another Fabulous Preflight Parking Experience
• Wondrous PreFlight Airport Parking
• Hooray for Amazing AviStar

• The Spanish Jewish Connection

• Still Speaking to Our Better Selves: "Man of La Mancha"
• Reaching for the Stars: Einstein At the American Museum of Natural History
• Madrid's Golden Museum Triangle
• Stepping Back in Splendid Isolation - Mies van der Rohe at the Modern and the Whitney
• "Petra: Lost City of Stone" At the American Museum of Natural History
• Russia! At The Guggenheim
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater At City Center
• The Night Before Christmas At Carnegie Hall With The New York String Orchestra
• The Spanish Soul at the Guggenheim
• The New World Symphony Plays Shostakovich's Fifth
• Flamenco in Miami at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts
• The Dresden Orchestra Celebrates the 200th Anniversary of Beethoven's Fifth in Miami

• "China" The Book Review
• Remembering Jack
• Petra Rediscovered and Other Fabulous Reads
• "World Atlas" - A Book to Treasure
• SYMPHONY:  Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall and Other Worthy Reads
• RABBIS: THE MANY FACES OF JUDAISM and Other Top reads  
• Memories of World War II, and Other Remarkable Reads
• January 2006 Excellent Reads
• Italy: Best Travel Writing from the New York Times and other Terrific Spring Reads
• The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad and Chicago Book Treats
• Amazing Holiday (and all year long) Gift Books
• Splendid Spring Reading 2006: Phillip Roth’s Everyman, “America’s Art” Irving Berlin’s Show Business
• Hiding in Plain Sight: The Incredible True Story of a German-Jewish Teenager's Struggle to Survive
• A Million Thanks and Other Terrific Reads
• Teacher Man: A Memoir
• Modigliani - A Life
• Stunning Summer Reads for All Tastes: "The One Percent Doctrine," "Becoming Eichmann," etc.
• The Looming Tower" and Other Must Reads
• Interesting Reads from Super Models to Physics
• Out of This World Books for Owning or Gift Giving
• Sensational Gift Books for Holiday Season from Harry N. Abrams
• Terrific January Reads: "Africa," "Walt Disney" and others ...
• Terrific May Reads: "The Triumph of Modernism," "The National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways", "Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts", and "Einstein: His Life and Universe"
• ENGROSSING AND IMPORTANT END OF SUMMER READING from Abrams, Princeton University Press, Doubleday , HarperCollins, Random House
• All Winners: Africa, An Artist's Safari, Atlas of the World, Concise history of the World, Dante's Paradise
• Real Winners from TIME BOOKS, LIFE BOOKS, and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED BOOKS and other worthy December Reads
• Six Splendid Spring Reads
• 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
• "My Father's Paradise" &  “The Dark Side” -Page Turners
• As Timely as Today's Headlines: Fleeced, The War Within
• John Le Carre: A Most Wanted Man
• "In the Country of Brooklyn: Inspiration to the World"
•  "Friendly Fire & "The Given Day" - Special Reads
• “Opal Sunset: Selected Poems 1958-2008” by Clive James
• The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstetein II  edited by Amy Asch (Knopf, $50.00, 422 oversized pages and 81 photographs)
• Cote Crillon Cote Maison
• "The Gardener Heist" - "Age Is Just a Number"
• "Laish" and "Somewhere Towards the End"
• "Stone Offerings: Machu Picchu's Terraces of Enlightenment"
• "The Third Reich at War Part III of a Trilogy, " Red Orchestra"- -Master Works
• "Reflections on the Revolution in Europe", "Safe Haven", "Wrestling With Moses"
• Losing The News
• "The Wilderness Warrior"  - "Why This World"
• The Book Review: "Culture of Corruption," "Blood's A Rover" and "The Meaning of Life"
• "Free for All," "Only in New York," "Dancing in the Dark"
•  "The New American Exceptionalism"
• Holiday Treats I : "Pops," "New York 400," "Googled" and more . . .
• "The World In Vogue People Parties Places"
• From Rizzoli Publishers = Amazing and Engrossing Reads:  "The Infinity of Lists," "Berlin" and more . ..
• "Oh, the Stories He Has Told!" - Theodor SEUSS Geisel by Donald E. Pease - (Oxford University Press, $19.95, 178 pages)
• "CUBA : Singing With Bright Tears"
• "TIME"
• The Big Short" and "Koestler"
• Federinco Fellini, The Films and Other Reading Gems
•  Winston Churchill's War" and "Hellbound On His Trail"
• "Deadliest Sea" and "Birdology" and "Market Day"
• “The Bridge” and “Game Change”  - Two on Obama
• Raves for Rizzoli Books: "French Country Style at Home," "Old Homes of New England," " Henry Moore," Hopper,"
• “The Publisher” and Other Special Books
• Architecture of the Sun" and "The Houses and Gardens of M.H. Baillie Scott"
• "The Jewish Odyssey"
• "The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe Volume I and II"

• An Appealing Cornucopia of Children's Books
• Three for the Kids from Houghton Mifflin
• A Curious George Sampler: Timeless Pleasure
• Especially Notable Books for Children: "Curious George Complete Adventures Deluxe Book and CD Gift Set" and Others
• Wonderful Reading for all Kinds of Tastes and for Children of All Ages
• All from Harcourt - Children's Books to cheer for
• MORE from Harcourt - Children's Books to cheer for
• More Children's Books to Cheer About From Abrams Books for Young Readers, Houghton and Harcourt
• As Good As Anybody"
• "A Friend is Someone Who Likes You" and Other Worthy Reads . . .
• "Happening" Children's Book from Houghton Mifflin
• Just Wonderful Children's Books
• Springtime Children's Books ­ A Great Batch
• Tale of Peter Rabbit
• "Sluggers" by the team of Loren Long & Phil Bildner from Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers/Aladdin Will Appeal to Youngsters and Others, Too.
• A Perfect Pair Of Books For All Children
• "Backtracked" and "The Red Blazer Girls"
•  Cork, Cats, and Carousel
• “Moonshot,” And Other Lovely Spring Reads
•  "Baseball Great" & "The Prince of Fenway Park"
• The Book of Cities
• Miramax Books/Hyperion - Exceptional Books for Children
• Wondrous Reads From Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• "Cork and Fuzz: The Babysitters"
• "Mouse Paint" and "Name That Dog"
• "No More, Por Favor"
• Baseball Books from Penguin Young Readers
• Bases Loaded
• Martha Speaks Meet Martha" & "How About a Kiss For Me?"
• “Kubla Khan” and “Flora’s Very Windy Day”
• “Dave The Potter” and “Everything but the Horses”

• Practical, Pack-able, & Beautiful Clothing at Nina McLemore
• RCS Experience, Like No Other in New York City

• If It Can Happen Here ... Hughesnet Comes to Lyme, New Hampshire Product/Service Review

• “Always Up Front: The Memoir of Helen Fried Kirshblum Goldstein," as told to Myrna Katz Frommer (Gefen)” - scroll
• Growing up Jewish in America
• Excerpt from It Happened on Broadway
• Excerpt from Red Sox Vs Yankees: The Great Rivalry
• Growing Up Baseball, An Oral History, by Harvey Frommer & Frederic J. Frommer
• “Red Sox vs Yankees -- The Great Rivalry”
• Five O'clock Lightning:  Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the 1927 New York Yankees, the Greatest Baseball Team Ever
• ROLL OUT THE BARREL:THE 1927 Yankees (Book Excerpt)
• Introduction 2009 Edition "It Happened in the Catskills"
• Introduction 2009 Edition "It Happened in Brooklyn

Jennifer Frommer and Jeff Schock are food, wine and travel writers based in New York City.  and from a family of famous writers.  They love to share their passion for globe trotting and fine dining with their readers.  (More about these writers.)

• Destination La Casa Que Canta, Zihuatanejo, Mexico
• Destination Grove Isle Club and Resort - A Different Miami, Just Minutes from the Action
• Destination Jumby Bay, Antigua, West Indies - the Summer Joys of Jumby Bay
• The Guanahani of St. Barts: A Family Affair

Laura Elizabeth Frommer & Ian David Frommer are food, wine and travel writers, from a family of famous writers, based in the Washington DC area.  They love to share their passion for globe trotting and fine dining with their readers.  (More about these writers.)

• Venice's Very Best: The Hotel Danieli