Reports and advice on stays at hotels, resorts – any form of lodging
Bike or hike? Sonoma Valley may have more than 100 wineries, but there are 13,000 acres of state and regional parks as well.
Space-Ghetti, anyone? Maybe a Galactic Lobster Globe? All served up with bubbling or smoking atmospheric spirits and zero-proof cocktails
I love Sonoma County with kids—all of the hiking, biking…the Redwood Trees…kayaking, pumpkin patches in fall, kid-friendly restaurants
How about traveling abroad during a pandemic, and then boarding a cruise ship, perhaps for the first time?
I got to chase rabbits around my uncle’s garden and even waded into his koi pond, though I was yelled at for doing so and felt very bad. Very very bad indeed
We’ve just gotten off our horses on a white-sand beach after swimming with them and we’re real thirsty — yes, we were swimming with them
When US hotels are struggling to get enough staff—and whose staff often don’t seem to care–it is nice to find a place that genuinely cares about its guests
I don’t know which is better — the food, the view, or bragging rights to the Jamaica experience very few have.
You don’t want to miss taking a selfie when you are exactly a mile high, 5,280 feet — on the 13th step of the west side of the State Capitol Building
Rangers underscore that our national parks are not theme parks, that there are real dangers. It’s essential that you teach the kids that you must be careful
It’s worth braving the heat for the “you can only have them here” experiences: food and fantastic deals at resorts with expansive pools, spas and restaurants
Mixology classes for the adults… sailing and diving classes for the kids. And plenty of sun, sand and ocean for everyone
So here I am in the bay at Half Moon Resort, on the North Coast of Jamaica. I’m hanging on to Cutta’s tail as well as I can. But I’m not sure it will be enough
Award-winning and well-known Jamaican Chef Brian Lumley is showing us how to make coconut curry shrimp and just-caught fish—lionfish, parrot fish, snapper
It’s small enough that there are no conflicts over finding a beach chair. And with its tropical gardens it’s easy to forget what’s happening in the world
Fleming wrote every one of his 14 James Bond novels here in a tropical villa off Oracabessa Bay. He took the name of an English ornithologist for his hero
Russell True jokes that his mom thought her husband was crazy when he said in 1965 that he was done with his job in Denver and wanted to buy a ranch in Arizona
Everyone is so friendly. Even if you don’t know the person, it’s common courtesy to say hi — “YA, MON,”
when we couldn’t choose between Duck Bigarde (with an orange sauce) or Carre D’Agneau (rack of lamb) our waiter encouraged us to try both
The music alerted those of us in the water and on the beach as the bride floated down the dock in her long, white dress to the Gazebo