Becca Hensley, Author at In the Know Traveler

Author: Becca Hensley

Stockholmâ€™s Polar Music Prize

Posted by Becca Hensley | Jul 8, 2009 | Spotlight, Sweden |

A guy who looks a lot like Viggo Mortensen elbows in beside me at the bar and grabs a glass of champagne. He flashes me an electrifyingly white smile and disappears into the crowd. The only kids in the lounge at Stockholm's...

Moscow: Magical Mystery Tour

Posted by Becca Hensley | Mar 11, 2009 | Food and Wine, Russia, Spotlight |

For a moment I am lost in a dream. Sitting at a hand painted eighteenth century table, in a gilded Damask chair that might as well be a throne, I accept a glass of champagne from a man wearing a brocaded, gold buttoned vest,...