Photography by Yuri Krasov Denver, Colorado, is a gateway to advanced skiing, hiking, mountain biking, and so many other wonderful outdoor activities so many of my athletic friends appreciate and pursue here. I love mountains, too, but we have an …
Category: Art & Culture Travel
Exploring Venice: Lost and Found. And Special Finds. Repeat by Fyllis Hockman
Walking home to our apartment in Venice, we share a wave through the window with the owner of Baba, our local osteria. Leaving for a day of sightseeing, a cup of my favorite pistachio gelato awaits me despite the early …
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Easter Times Three in New Orleans by Ann Randall
According to the French Quarter bartender serving my Sazarac, the Easter Parade was the brainchild of, “A well preserved eighty year old showgirl and her curated contingent of New Orleans friends.” My back home New Orleans to Seattle expat friend …
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New Zealand Where The Hobbits Lived by Bonnie and Bill Neely
We spent New Year’s Eve in the Southern Hemisphere, a day early for us, since we crossed the International Date Line to get there. It is the second week of summer in New Zealand, so the 4.5 million residents are …
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Surprising Mesquite by Howard Hian
Background: The Virgin River Valley is 80 miles north of Las Vegas. Nestled there, in the Mojave Desert, is the small city of Mesquite, NV (population 17,000+). First named Mesquite Flats by Mormon pioneers in 1880, its settlers farmed cash …
Have a Private Tour of Matisse/Diebenkorn at SFMOMA by Emma Krasov
Photography by Emma Krasov Cover photo: Henri Matisse Studio, Quai Saint-Michel (1916) Traveling to San Francisco just got a tad more exciting. Or, a ton more! The current special exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), laconically …
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Walk Japan: Exploring the Head, the Heart and the Soul of a Country by Fyllis Hockman
It is not often that a toilet and a tea ceremony form perfect metaphors for the culture of a country, but so it is in Japan. The toilet falls into the realm of delightful personal discoveries – albeit all of …
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Monaco to San Francisco: Come See the Forbidden City! by Emma Krasov
Photography by Emma Krasov Sweet dreams are made of this… How do you bring together the world’s most coveted travel destinations and attractions all in one place? Monaco Government Tourist Office presented the upcoming summer exhibition, “The Forbidden City in …
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Year of the Rooster in San Francisco Hotels by Emma Krasov
Photography by Yuri Krasov San Francisco is sometimes called an Asian-American city, and judging from the sheer amount and popularity of Asian restaurants in and beyond the oldest and largest Chinatown in the United States, that rings true. In the …
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Touring Shanghai by Emma Krasov
Photography by Yuri Krasov Shanghai. Exciting, exhilarating, accelerating – everything I love about a big city! From the 10th floor of our hotel I observe a busy intersection underneath; eight rows of car traffic, crowds of pedestrians, hundreds of motorbikes …
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