by Steve Pike | Aug 6, 2025 | Adventure, Events, Personalities, Travel News
This September, the Surf Ballroom & Museum will unveil “Not Fade Away: The Immersive Surf Ballroom Experience,’’ a permanent, first-of-its-kind experience honoring the legacies of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson in Clear Lake,...
by Steve Pike | Aug 5, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Private Clubs, Real Estate
Loraloma Private Club and Estates, a luxury Hill Country community outside of Austin, Texas, from Areté Collective, has announced two key leadership appointments ahead of the debut of its David McLay Kidd-designed golf course this fall. Ryan Dawson joins as...
by Steve Pike | Aug 2, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Private Clubs
One year after Concert Golf Partners purchased TPC Jasna Polana, a historic private club near Princeton University, the club is unveiling a rare, behind-the-scenes documentary film—“It Does Something to Your Soul”— which features World Golf Hall of Fame Member and...
by Steve Pike | Aug 1, 2025 | Culinary, Personalities, Restaurants
Denise Elrod, executive pasty chef at Blackbird Modern Asian, is returning to the national spotlight with her second appearance on the Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games, the hit culinary showdown hosted by Guy Fieri. The episode (“Sweet & Savory Superstars”) airs...
by Steve Pike | Aug 1, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
When David McLay Kidd was first approached to design a second golf course at Gamble Sands Resort in Brewster, WA., the world-renowned architect hesitated. “ I told them (the owning Gebbers family) to look at someone else,’’ McLay Kidd told me. “Golf courses are the...
by Steve Pike | Jul 31, 2025 | Hotels, Personalities, Travel News
JW Marriott Tampa Water Street and Tampa Marriott Water Street each have named Stefan Ritter as the Dual Director of Operations. Ritter will lead and manage the day-to-day operational strategy and execution at the sister properties, which serve as cornerstones of...
