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Loews 5th Annual Surf Dog Competition Returns to San Diego

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Pets

Loew's Coronado Bay Resort will be the site of the Surf Dog Competition on Saturday, May 22 from 11 am to 2 pm. After the canines have waxed their boards to perfection and adjusted their sunnies, they get ten minutes apiece to ride the waves and are judged on their top two runs. The judges are looking for confidence level and "overall ability to grip it and rip it," which is really hard to do with paws.

There's even a breakdown, American-Idol style, of which pooch to peep out: English Bulldog X Factor who can ride it all the way into shore, but who also wears a life jacket because he can't swim; a 10-pound Boston Terrier called The Underdog; and Jack Russell Terrier Buddy, the reigning champ who scored a perfect 10 last year. Celebrity spotters will want to watch out for the Great Dane Marmaduke – yes, that one, there to promote 20th Century Fox's coming movie by the same name.

Winning dogs will get "the ultimate pet vacation" at the resort. Proceeds from the event will benefit San Diego's police dogs.

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Loews' Voga Voyage Combines a Slice of Venice and a Slice of Heaven

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Spas

For the rates Venetian gondoliers charge you might expect a massage and a 3-course meal during your cruise of the canals. With the introduction of the Voga Voyage at Loews Coronado Bay Resort Gondola Company, you can at least check the massage off the list.

Your vessel for the journey among the Coronado Cays will be a softly wrapped, sun-warmed massage table. In turn, that table will ride upon an authentic 33-foot gondola that launches from the resort's private marina and then embarks on an hour-long cruise of Mediterranean-like waterways. Forty minutes of that will be occupied by masseurs tending to your physical needs, which includes the laying on of sunscreen before the more serious application of massaging hands. The last ten minutes of the trip will be given to sight-seeing, if you're in any mood for that, while you and your chère company feast on the gondola's supply of champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries.

Booking the $499 Voga Voyage also gets you a free night at the resort and its amenities, spread out on a secluded, 15-acre peninsula. And having saved on airfare to the Italian province, you just might have enough left over for the 3-course meal. It's certainly not what Iago meant when he mentioned "creating the beast with two backs," but this ride has a far less drama and a much happier ending...

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Spending Time With The Berry Butler

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining, Luxury Travel & Hotels

There's nothing like summer berries. It's no surprise that July is National Berry Month. This is the month of strawberry shortcake, fresh blueberries in your cereal and raspberries that leave your mouth stained a happy red. To celebrate this month of berries the the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, California will host an official Berry Butler courtesy of Driscoll's, the nation's leading provider of fresh berries. The Berry Butler will be on premise every Friday and Saturday, July 3 through August 1 to greet guests with fresh berries. The Berry Butler will also help young guests whip up fresh smoothies and will stage tastings. Tastings and berry treats for guests of the resort will be free of charge, compliments of Driscoll's berries. Other berrylicious events at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort include demonstrations by Executive Chef Marc Ehrler and cocktail and mocktail courses conducted by the Loews Mixology Team using Driscoll's strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries.

Driscoll's has an alliance of independent farmers growing their berries and Loews hotels supports farmers as well. Their "Adopt-A-Farmer" program is an initiative supporting area farmers, fishermen and independent purveyors. At Loews Coronado Bay Resort, this includes partnering with 12 local farming communities and utilizing more than 60 seasonal herbs and vegetables from its own organic garden shown above.

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