By Bonnie and Bill Neely Driving our RV from home in South Carolina to see our family in Los Angeles, California, is always an ambitious trip. Spending as much time outdoors as possible and avoiding crowds is quite easy in …
Exclusive Resorts Brings the Joy of Travel to Flowers Winery in Sonoma, California
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Exclusive Resorts, a high-end membership-based vacation club with a worldwide network of unique homes, villas and suites, couldn’t have found a better place for its summer presentation than the House of Flowers in …
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The Artichoke Festival at the Heart of Monterey Summer
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov As if Monterey Peninsula on California’s Central Coast needed any more popularity—the 61st annual Artichoke Festival returned this year to the Monterey County Fairgrounds after more than a year of sheltering-in-place and foregoing …
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Two San Francisco Grand Dames of Hospitality Welcome You Back
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov From the golden age of the City by the Bay, from its glamour epoch (way in the last century) when people dressed up for going out and picked special, memorable places for a …
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Yosemite National Park: Scenic Sights Assault the Senses
By Fyllis Hockman When I encountered my first giant Sequoia in the Mariposa Grove, my head did not tilt back far enough to see the top. Walking around the trunk practically required a GPS. Leaving noise and civilization behind to …
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The Healing Powers of Napa: Food, Wine, Water, Mud
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov No matter how many times you visit the blessed expanses of Napa Valley in California wine country, there’s always something new, or something old but good, or something renovated, remodeled, and redesigned to …
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It’s a Grand Canyon…Even with COVID Limitations
By Saul Schwartz My wife Fern and I spent three very full days exploring one of the seven natural wonders of the world in late June/early July 2021. The weather cooperated with us (with temperatures in the seventies and …
Sipping and Soaking in Calistoga
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Mount View Hotel & Spa in California wine country is one of those historic properties where you don’t need cosplay or hyper imagination to be transported into a different century. Upon entering the …
Roswell, New Mexico, The Spaceship Crash Site
By Bonnie and Bill Neely My hobby is to watch Ancient Aliens TV series and Project Blue Book! I love to imagine the “What ifs?” of space explorers, satellites, human and otherwise. In Roswell, New Mexico, locals claimed that in …
Mendocino Meditation: Little River, Big Ocean, Tall Trees
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Very few places on Earth are as blessed with natural beauty and uncrowded, serene environment as Mendocino County in Northern California. A three to four hours’ road trip from the San Francisco Bay …
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