We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, knowing the place for the first time. These words on a mural overlooking a parking lot in Grass Valley pretty much sum up the…
When my mother was a child, she and her mother spent summers at the Hotel Lêger in Mokelumne Hill and her father would join them on the weekends. Built in the early 1850s, when the population of Northern California was…
On May 31, 2014, the town of Montmirail, France, not far from Paris, will host a reenactment of Napoleon’s victory near the town 200 years ago. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity for visitors, as well as the battle, a dinner, by reservation,…
Lucca is a perfect place for bicycles. It’s flat, not big, most of the streets are reserved for walking and riding and it has the added attraction of a raised circular park surrounding the town, atop its wall, wide and perfect for a…
PortMoresby, an inveterate traveler, takes the time to wonder why
It is, apparently, Pizza Week, and Zagat is celebrating by directing us to the best. ’50 States, 50 Pizzas’ is the title of Zagat’s online guide to the best pizzas in the US. Click here “… to find truly standout pies in…
Airbnb hosts are again being put to the test, this time in the birthplace of the popular traveler’s accommodations site, San Francisco. According to lawyers cited, all rentals under 30 days duration are illegal in The City. Read more here .
On my first sojourn in Paris, I arrived New Years Day and stayed until June. I had a friend, Winnie, with whom I worked, who had a car like this one, a Citroen 2CV called a Deux Chevaux, except it was a wreck as only a car that’s cheap to begin with can become a wreck.
As part of its ongoing project to allow Street View users to see the world’s great places, the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia is now available. Read more about it here . Then take the tour .
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, knowing the place for the first time. These words on a mural overlooking a parking lot in Grass Valley pretty much sum up the…
When my mother was a child, she and her mother spent summers at the Hotel Lêger in Mokelumne Hill and her father would join them on the weekends. Built in the early 1850s, when the population of Northern California was…
On May 31, 2014, the town of Montmirail, France, not far from Paris, will host a reenactment of Napoleon’s victory near the town 200 years ago. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity for visitors, as well as the battle, a dinner, by reservation,…
Lucca is a perfect place for bicycles. It’s flat, not big, most of the streets are reserved for walking and riding and it has the added attraction of a raised circular park surrounding the town, atop its wall, wide and perfect for a…
PortMoresby, an inveterate traveler, takes the time to wonder why
It is, apparently, Pizza Week, and Zagat is celebrating by directing us to the best. ’50 States, 50 Pizzas’ is the title of Zagat’s online guide to the best pizzas in the US. Click here “… to find truly standout pies in…
Airbnb hosts are again being put to the test, this time in the birthplace of the popular traveler’s accommodations site, San Francisco. According to lawyers cited, all rentals under 30 days duration are illegal in The City. Read more here .
On my first sojourn in Paris, I arrived New Years Day and stayed until June. I had a friend, Winnie, with whom I worked, who had a car like this one, a Citroen 2CV called a Deux Chevaux, except it was a wreck as only a car that’s cheap to begin with can become a wreck.
As part of its ongoing project to allow Street View users to see the world’s great places, the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia is now available. Read more about it here . Then take the tour .
