A few years ago I had the pleasure of visiting San Francisco. I had visited this city a few times before, but this was the first time I was there at Christmas time. San Francisco is a beautiful city throughout the year, but...
Michelin, the French company that makes tires, maps and food ratings has now leveraged the maps and food into a new product—quick reference maps of where to eat. The first in the series, the "New York City Map of Great Places to Eat 2015" went...
Yosemite National Park is one of my favorite places. A remarkable and grand landscape of granite mountains, sheer valleys carved by glaciers, thunderous waterfalls plunging thousands of feet and several groves of majestic Sequoia...
Sunny late November on the rural coastside of the San Francisco Peninsula. Normally too expensive for me, but it was off-season and I made a deal with the proprietor of a B&B near Pescadero for several nights while I visited my family nearby - midweek, cash, how could she refuse. A tiny cabin set in a garden, complete with kitchen and a deep bathtub, simply perfect. For more of PortMoresbys contributions, click here . ...
Leaving Needles CA, I drove a route that is a MUST DRIVE if you are the kind of person that loves road trips. The main portion of my day was spent on the longest continuous stretch of the original Route 66 that is still in place - From Topock AZ to...
There are a lot of famous road trips in the USA, like California's Pacific Coast Highway and Montana's Going to the Sun Highway . One of the best known drives in America is scenic 17-Mile Drive (actually distance depends on how you...
DrFumblefinger visits a historic area near Cannery Row
Last summer I had the opportunity to do something I had always wanted to do - drive a significant portion of Route 66. Having spent 4 days in LA, I started a drive to Albuquerque to meet up with The Amazing Ms. D. Instead of rushing down the...
One of my friends just loves Halloween -- in fact, it's her favorite day of the year! She gets excited about it months in advance and decorates her home and herself extensively for the occasion. I enjoyed taking our kids...
The Tokyo metropolitan government has dreamed up a new way to draw visitors to Tokyo: give them a taste of the area's cuisine first. They've partnered with over 40 restaurants in New York and Los Angeles for a "Hungry for Tokyo" campaign.
The most amazing views in Yosemite National Park, and among the most spectacular viewpoints on Mother Earth, are found at Glacier Point. In the summer Glacier Point is easily accessed by the Glacier Point Road, but this road is closed in the winter.
In part one of this series I gave you the background on the Getty Villa, Mr. Getty and his passion for art. What follows are some illustrative pieces from the Villa's collection, which focus on art from the antiquities.
While he was despised by many during his lifetime, J.P. Getty has left the world a wonderful legacy in his fabulous art collection and foundation.
I was charmed by this VW bug when I spotted it in Newport Beach, California, a few years ago. It's definitely not Herbie and frankly has more character than that VW bug. How can you not like a car constructed to mimic Shamu, the famous...
My favorite stretch of lonely road in the world is the 200 miles of Highway 395 south from Topaz Lake, where it enters California from Nevada, where these pictures were taken, south through Bridgeport and the turnoff to Bodie , past Mono...