By Saul Schwartz At the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains, Palm Desert is in the center of California’s Coachella Valley. My wife Fern and I spent several days in this small city, using the J. W. Marriott Desert Springs …
Memorable Meals: Edible Milestones from Around the World
By Fyllis Hockman Enjoying our first dinner during a group tour of Sicily, I turned to our guide and told him that the meal was excellent. This being Sicily, the reply was not all that surprising. “You can steal my …
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Saxony and Beyond: Sparkling Wines, White Gold
By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Culinary tourism, especially wine-centered, is dangerous – it tends to become addictive. You barely start to understand the basics of local food and viticulture in one area when the pull of another is …
Tryon Equestrian Center Offers So Much Family Fun
By Bonnie & Bill Neely Tryon Equestrian Center at Mill Spring, a town of 1,700 residents in Southwestern North Carolina, offers so very much for family fun every day throughout the year. This amazing horse center was in early building …
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Up, Down and All Around in India: A Sample Itinerary
by Inga Aksamit For a visitor from the U.S., the first steps onto the tarmac in India can assault the senses. Humid air, a cacophony of sounds, vivid colors and the odors of a thousand sources can overwhelm the senses. …
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Myanmar, Country of Contrasts: Pagodas, Culture and Controversy
By Fyllis Hockman There is very little that can entice me to get up at 4 a.m. but how often do you get a chance to bathe a Buddha? And not just any Buddha but one that the actual real …
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A Weekend in Wilmington, Delaware
By Saul Schwartz My wife Fern and I met my brother-in-law Paul and sister-in-law Karen for a very pleasant weekend in Wilmington last August. With 73,000 residents, Wilmington is Delaware’s most populous city. Over the weekend, we learned how Wilmington …
Uncommon Flavors of Europe: Finding a Key to the Cipher
By Emma Krasov, photography by Emma Krasov Traveling from Ticino, an Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, to Bolzano (Bozen) – a German-speaking region of Italy, I had an expressed purpose to study the most traditional European foodstuffs that make their way …
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Rafting On Pigeon River, Tennessee
By Bonnie and Bill Neely Whether it is your first time or you are veteran kayak or raft enthusiasts, THIS is the adventure for you! Smoky Mountain Outdoors is located just 45 minutes East of Gatlinburg in Hartford, TN. The …
Brooklyn, New York is More Than Just Coney Island
by Maureen C. Bruschi I have nothing against Coney Island. A bite of a Nathan’s hot dog at the original Nathan’s hot dog stand at the corner of Surf and Stillwell on Coney Island alone is worth the trip. Toss …
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