By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov San Francisco and its environs have long been known for multi-cultural cuisines and culinary innovation. With a focus on locally sourced, farm-to-table, sustainable, and organic ingredients, some of the recent trends in the …
Garden Clubs Help Build and Beautify Greenville, South Carolina
By Bonnie & Bill Neely Carolina Foothills Garden Club led an effort to establish Falls Park beginning in 1967 and persuaded the city to move the four-lane vehicular bridge which covered the Reedy Falls in downtown. For decades mills had …
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No Passport Required – Seven Days in the U.S. Virgin Islands
By Saul Schwartz My wife Fern and I spent one week in January in three of the U.S. Virgin Islands: Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Water Island. We used Saint Thomas as our base for our travels. As a …
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In a Melting Pot of San Francisco Cuisines
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov. For the enormous amount of ethnic cuisines that constitute the fabric of San Francisco’s restaurant scene there’s a relatively small number of eateries that venture into a fusion territory. Even if in the …
Segal Music Museum Deemed in Top Worldwide
By Bonnie Neely When our son, TV and film composer Blake Neely, was in Greenville, SC, during holidays recently, we had the privilege of a private tour of the Sigal Music Museum, guided by the Artistic Director and Chief Curator, …
Culinary Cruises on Holland America Line Make a Dream Vacation Come True
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov A lively, chatty crowd that gathered by the water’s edge at the Port of San Diego, California, was actually a queue, divided according to each group of passengers’ designated boarding times. Ready for …
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Nomad Land For Real
by Bonnie Neely Our new year in the RV in Los Angeles began with our journey to see the human snowbirds who migrate to winter in the warm desert at Quartzsite, Arizona. It was a little town of about five …
Merced to Yosemite: from El Capitan to El Capitan
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Entertainment news from a century ago gushed over Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford—the original Hollywood “royal” couple—“registered at the El Capitan Hotel in Merced” on their way to Yosemite Valley. Now, renovated and …
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Andean Mountaineering Nightmare
By Max Olson “I think sometime soon I will hike Chimborazo.” My fellow volunteer at the hostel in Quito, Ecuador had mentioned this “Chimborazo,”. In Ecuador, young backpackers and thrill seekers challenge themselves by climbing one of the country’s two …
Real Ventures: Did We Really Do That?!!
By Bonnie Neely December school holidays were approaching, and we joyfully prepared to drive in our trusty little RV to South Carolina to be with family for Christmas. But the task was like moving since we had to take all …
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