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I watched as my daughter, Ari, headed to the spa for a well-deserved massage. My son and his wife were engrossed in a heady game of tennis. Nine-year-old grand-daughter Becca was happily floating down the hotel’s Lazy River while her…
Continue readingWe try to escape Texas heat in the summer by heading north in our RV. Because we have a friend who works there, we were fortunate enough to have a tour of the KOA International Headquarters in Billings, Montana, where…
Continue readingSince 2007, Jacqueline Orange has been the founder, owner and operator of Taste Harlem, introducing visitors and New Yorkers alike to the culinary delights, lively art scene and rich history and architecture of Harlem. A major bank merger in 2005…
Continue readingSix years after the devastation of Hurricane Ike, Galveston Island is BOOMING! September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike broadsided Galveston Island. Hours after the storm hit at 2:00 a.m., people began assessing the damage…and it was massive. James W. Little, 3rd…
Continue readingOne of the most wonderful ways to enjoy Vancouver, British Columbia, is through its parks and its food. Anywhere you stay in the city, it is an easy walk or ride to Stanley Park, their urban treasure. The entire park…
Continue readingDelight your senses at Patty Cakes Bakery, affectionately called, Galveston’s sweet spot. Just a few blocks off Broadway on 14th street, in Galveston’s Historic East End, sits this unassuming building. But step inside to find an extraordinary bakery. Stephen and…
Continue readingI live in Traverse City, Michigan — a town that’s hundreds of miles from the ocean, deep in the heart of the northern Midwest. So people who visit us are always surprised by the sight of graceful schooners, sloops and…
Continue readingElowah Falls in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge cascades in endless curtains of white. I sat mesmerized in the cooling mist and relished the sight of it being whipped sideways by a wild wind. While I could have lingered in this…
Continue readingKentucky has a hearty appetite for the food and beverage industry. More than 270 food and beverage operations employ nearly 43,000 people in Kentucky. 14% of Kentucky’s manufacturing is related to the food and beverage industry. In Northern Kentucky alone,…
Continue readingWhen I was first blindfolded, I felt disoriented, out of control, with the added annoying question lurking in the back of my head: I am a travel writer, how am I supposed to take notes? But our Mayan guide propelled…
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