By Saul Schwartz Over three days, my wife Fern and I enjoyed the diverse sites of Alabama, traveling from South to North. Although originally planned as a Civil Rights trip, we ended up seeing much more during our first …
Highlights of Doylestown, Pennsylvania
by Bonnie and Bill Neely Doylestown, PA, was not our destination, but when Highway 202 in Bucks County led us through the little town, we were taken with its charm and beauty in the early spring, with lush green lawns, …
Seeking Spain in the Bay Area
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov. I know, I know, with just a tiny inconvenience, like a COVID test up my nose I can fly to Spain right now! Granted, if the test is negative; neither positive nor …
The Best of Calaveras in Three Frog Jumps
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov. Calaveras County in Northern California is naturally gorgeous, uncrowded, visitor friendly, and [surprise-surprise!] politically purple, which means that people who walk into a bar here do not expect the entire room to vote …
Downtown Napa: Après-wine
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov I know, Andy Warhol meant a different, bigger and more populous downtown when he famously said, “Uptown is for people who have already done something. Downtown is where they’re doing something now,” but …
The Magic of Mendocino
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov How does it happen that every time I visit the coastal expanse of Mendocino County I feel transformed as if by magic? What is happening here, in view of the wild ocean waves, …
Four Days in New and Old, New Mexico
By Saul Schwartz Although my wife Fern and I had been to New Mexico for work trips, this was our first opportunity to see the sites of Albuquerque and Santa Fe. In March, the daytime temperatures were quite pleasant, …
The Embarrassment of Culinary Riches: San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov For any traveler to Northern California, the San Francisco Bay Area is a well-known culinary wonderland with abundance of fresh seasonal produce, farm-to-table and locavore restaurant concepts, and a robust corps of experienced …
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La Brea Tar Pits Park
By Bonnie & Bill Neely In the heart of Los Angeles, we discovered this area has been inhabited for thousands of years before we humans got here! Right in the midst of the daily traffic of hundreds of vehicles and …
Welcome to the Hotel[s in] California!
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov One of my fellow travel writers used to amaze me with her uncanny ability to publish multiple travel stories about different destinations in different outlets that sounded very much the same. Most of …
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