Looking for love in all the wrong places?

If - as the song says - you're looking for love in all the wrong places, here's some news you can use! Sedona was recently named as one the world's most romantic places! The list, published by Huffington Post, was based on
three locational criteria: "beauty, history and mystery together with great restaurants, museums, bazaars, and endless possibilities for adventure, minus the endless stream of tourists." You can check out the entire list and see a lovely picture of Sedona at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/03/15-romantic-spots-around-_n_778582.html#s174135.

But that's not all! A dozen Arizona hotels made the 2010 Conde' Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards Top 100 U.S. resorts and hotels - and Sedona's  Enchantment Resort earned the highest ranking of any Arizona large resort - chosen over well-known places such as The Royal Palms in Phoenix, The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, Boulders Resort in Scottsdale, Miraval in Tuscon, and Sanctuary Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley among others.
 L'Auberge de Sedona, a lovely creek side inn with wood-burning fireplaces in the rooms, and a wonderful restaurant, is ranked number 31 of the best U.S. hotels competing favorably with hotels in San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Napa Valley. 


Put this information to work and plan a romantic getaway in the red rocks with your someone special.  You won't be looking in the wrong places anymore!

Music to make your heart sing!

I never cease to be amazed at the quality of music we enjoy in Sedona.  Last Sunday, Chamber Music Sedona presented Eugenia Zukerman and Milana Strezeva in a delightful program featuring music by women composers.  The selections ranged from Sonata in F Major written in the 18th century by Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (younger sister of Frederick the Great) to Kokopelli, written by Katherine Hoover, flutist, conductor and composer featured in Deborah Novak's Emmy Award winning documentary New Music.

Zukerman, known as "a true Renaissance woman" for her accomplishments as flutist, published author, teacher, a network television correspondent and artistic director of the of the Vail Valley Music Festival, delivered an incredibly beautiful performance commensurate with her reputation as "one of the finest flutists of our time."  Stezeva, a young and dynamic performer who first appeared in Sedona with the Manhattan Piano Trio, was superb.  She literally brought us to tears with her moving performance of Romance in A Minor, Opus 21, No.1 by Clara Schumann. 

We get to enjoy all this while surrounded by the beauty of Sedona's Red Rocks - for a reasonable price, and within walking distance of my house.  Yet another reason why I think Sedona Rocks!