Only an hour and twenty from San Fran, Healdsburg, California is everything I dreamed it to be and the next […]

Only an hour and twenty from San Fran, Healdsburg, California is everything I dreamed it to be and the next […]
Last week for Spring break, I surprised my fifteen-year-old daughter with a trip to Northern California. As Jordan enters […]
I am clutching the seatback handles on a bus speeding through winding roads in eastern Europe. The bus is more […]
Deep in the hills of Georgia, tucked away between the charming towns of Carrollton and Newnan, a death-defying adventure awaits […]
I’ve never been a conventional mourner who cries appropriately at bad news or funerals. Tears never come conveniently, even when […]
To paraphrase John Denver, Come home to a place you’ve never been. That’s exactly what taking that first step on […]
You Run Towards The Gunfire. A reenactment of some sort is always happening- Changing of the Guard, Drakes Raid, just […]
Spending hundreds of nights on the road, you quickly learn to adjust and even sometimes crave the anonymity that comes […]
Thanks to historical flooding in Germany, getting to Florence was a last minute decision and required an overnight train ride […]
Imagine going about your daily life in the busy city when a nearby volcano erupts forcing you to either attempt […]
August 8th 1939, three quarters of a century ago today to be exact, my mother Joan or Joanie as she […]
Originally Published in Old City Life Magazine
OK, so here it is…. My St. Augustine Dream House in all of its boarded up, broken down, pink glory. […]
This summer I spent almost two months traveling around Europe with Jordan, my 10 year-old daughter. This was her first […]
In less than two weeks, I’ll be boarding a plane for Europe with my ten-year-old tiny travel bug, Jordan. I‘ve […]
What not to pack- Unless you want the whole country to know you are an American tourist, leave your shorts, […]
As a woman traveler, we are slightly more vulnerable than our male counterparts, especially when we travel alone. The reward […]
To travel alone, unimpeded by another, is a magical gift. It’s a way to fully immerse ourselves in a culture […]