Photography by Yuri Krasov A California poppy for so many years, I usually shy away from cold, but my recent trip to the Carnaval de Quebec, the largest winter festival in the world, makes me look back with nostalgia now. …
Washington DC: An Installment City by Terry Zinn
Over the years I have discovered that some cities are just too large, diverse, and ever changing, to be experienced fully in just one visit. I find this true about our nation’s capital, Washington D.C. That’s why I call it …
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Summer in the City by Lisa Codianne Fowler
A charismatic city that’s oh-so-chic any time of year, Naples is west coast Florida’s prestigious answer to Palm Beach. Dining venues that delight gourmands, haute couture boutiques, championship golf courses and performing arts that please even the upper crust are …
Northern Exposure…With A Fishing Rod by Ron Pradinuk
Everyone has a fishing story. It doesn’t make any difference whether you’re a comparative novice or a water worn angler. The tone of the story may vary but it seems always to revolve around the big one that was caught …
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Along Chile’s Wine Trail
Chile is a land of contrasts – desert in the north and the glaciers of Patagonia in the South; the Pacific Ocean on the West coast and the majestic Andes rising in the East. Pencil-thin Chile has rich, fertile soil …
Terror on the Cinque Terre by Robert Fertig
On the Italian Riviera is the Cinque Terre. Isolated, feared, romantic, for centuries untouched by the world and held in awe by all who have traversed the ancient Sentiero Azzurro (narrow footpath) which links the five (cinque) remote villages of …
Children’s Cooking Classes in Oaxaca, Mexico
What better way to begin offering children’s cooking classes than with pizza and mango smoothies. The inaugural children’s cooking lesson at Chef Pilar Cabrera’s Casa de los Sabores, imparted the basics of kitchen safety and hygiene, composting and recycling, and …
Fun In Pennsylvania Dutch Style by Ron Kapon
Pennsylvania Dutch Country (often referred to as Amish/Dutch Country or Dutch Country Roads Region) refers to an area in southeastern Pennsylvania centered on Lancaster, Gettysburg, Allentown, Reading, Harrisburg, Hershey and York. I have previously visited and written about Gettysburg, Allentown, …
Outdoor Fun on the Southwest Gulf of Florida by Linda Ballou
A three-mile causeway from Fort Myers across San Carlos Bay to the barrier islands of Sanibel and Captiva takes you back to a gentler time. People seem to move slower here where there are no stop signs, no street lights, …
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India’s Spiritual Mecca: Varanasi
After spending time touring the ancient Hindu temples in the Khajuraho, the Panna National Park, and the countryside around the Khajuraho area, we boarded an Air India flight to Varanasi, the holiest city of Hinduism where every Hindu is supposed …
