FX Excursions

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

Irvina Lew

Irvina Lew is an author and freelance travel writer sharing her passion for art, food, spas and wine travel in this publication since 2012 and dozens of others since 1985. The retired language teacher studied at College of William and Mary, The University of Paris, The Sorbonne and University of Salamanca and holds a master’s degree and bachelor’s degree from Adelphi University. A Francophile, Lew’s newest forthcoming book is Forays in France: A FLAVORFUL TRAVELOGUE.


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Jul 15, 2024

Taste Quintessential French Fine Dining at Le Grand Café Fauchon in Paris

The name Fauchon has been synonymous with culinary excellence since 1886 when Auguste Fauchon launched a luxury food store across from the Madeleine church in Paris. Architect Richard Martinet, known for phenomenal Parisian palaces including Hotel de Crillon, Hotel George V, The Peninsula Paris and Hotel Shangri-La, created a carefully curated design in partnership with Atelier Paluel-Marmont and transformed two Haussmann buildings into the ultra-luxe, 54-room boutique Fauchon L’Hôtel Paris. It opened in 2018 at Place de la Madeleine in the swank 8th arrondissement, with its original architectural style enhanced by stylishly bold décor in the signature Fauchon palette: black, white and a distinctive hot pink. The accent color appears on velvet chairs; carpet; awning; and custom-created, pink-enamel Roche Bobois Gourmet Bars in bedrooms, which stock complimentary sweet and savory gastronomic Fauchon delicacies.

United Airlines First to Purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel for ORD

Chicago O’Hare International Airport will soon receive sustainable aviation fuel, all thanks to United Airlines, which became the first airline to purchase SAF for use at the airport, one of the largest in the United States. Neste, a producer of SAF, will provide up to 1 million gallons of its Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The first supply arrived in August.

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Jul 3, 2024

Hotel Pilgrim Paris – Quartier Latin

I was eager to stay at the newly opened Hotel Pilgrim because its 5th arrondissement location is in the same Left Bank neighborhood where I lived in a rooming house when I was 19 studying at The Sorbonne. The hotel, with its distinctively designed, industrial-chic aesthetic, is an entirely contemporary experience.