Update: This tour is no longer being offered. Fashion and Italy are synonymous, however, if you seek quality Italian leather goods, fine gold jewelry, beautiful silk textiles, hand-crafted perfumes,…

I love a good parade–don’t you? One of the best parades I’ve ever seen is the historical parade in Santa Barbara during the “Old Spanish Days Fiesta” celebrations.  I return…

Swans gracefully glide by. Ducks splash past the red lacquered pavilion, swimming toward the willow trees. Standing on a bridge over a lake, you see vineyards on a distant hillside.…

 Clam chowder, lobster rolls, summers at Cape Cod, covered bridges, and leaf-peeping in the fall these are a few reasons tourists flock to New England. This is just skimming the…

Last month I was in Calistoga, a small town of about 5,000 people in the northern most part of California’s famous wine region, Napa Valley. Calistoga is known for thermal…

Travelers have been flocking to Cornwall for the secluded beaches, pretty harbor towns, and picturesque ruins for hundreds of years. A peninsula on England’s southwest coast, Cornwall is also known…

Updated 2024 I don’t think it’s a stretch to say Rome and Bernini are synonymous. Specifically, Bernini is known for Baroque Rome.  Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born in Naples in…

The Seychelles is an archipelago comprised of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, just off  the coast of Africa. It’s an incredibly remote location. However, if your idea of heaven…