FX Excursions

FX Excursions offers the chance for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in destinations around the world.

Carley D. Thornell

Carley Thornell is a travel writer and longtime journalist whose work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, Shermans Travel, TravelAge West and Eagle-Tribune, where she was on a team that won a Pulitzer Prize. In the past four years, she’s been to more than 20 countries, where the hunt for street foods like okonomiyaki pancakes in Japan and the perfect pisco sour in Chile led to several adventures. Most recently, she started blogging for OpenTable restaurant reservation service, which includes tasty research in her hometown of Boston.

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October 2024
Oct 10, 2024

Rocky Mountain Highs Await in Colorado Springs

My husband and I typically don’t repeat vacations. But then again, Colorado Springs is no ordinary destination. Our first trip here for Cloud Camp — overlooking 14,000-foot Pikes Peak — was all at once romantic and rustic, evoking the essence of the Old West. Cozy log cabins perched high atop Cheyenne Mountain tuck into fragrant pines and rustling aspens, while the banquet table at the stone-and-timber main lodge invites some major tucking into.

An Adults-Only Resort for All the Milestone Moments

On Saturday, Feb.14, Devossion by Live Aqua celebrated its grand opening, marking a significant milestone for Grupo Posadas and the Live Aqua brand. This adults-only resort focuses on celebration, authentic Mexican experiences and elevated hospitality — perfectly situated in the heart of the Riviera Maya.

April 2018
Apr 1, 2018

San Francisco’s Green Policies and Projects

WITH A SHEEN OF CONSTRUCTION DUST still on the escalator handrails, Michael J. Wilson’s fingerprints can be felt both literally and figuratively. The Moscone Convention Center senior project manager surveys the just-completed third phase of a four-phase expansion project like a proud papa of a baby just delivered on time, and indeed it has. So far, there’ve been no construction delays, and the eastern portion of the new building project was completed in September 2017.