Travel Blogs
Chic, luscious wine and cuisine by the sea at Cascais, Portugal’s Reserva da Villa

Cascais, Portugal has been a hideaway for well-heeled — and often royal — types for decades. However, it’s not a…
A Portugese breakfast buffet: Cascais, Portugal’s Quinta da Marinha

Hotel breakfast buffets abroad fascinate me! Hotels know that when people are traveling, many with jet-lag, they have the lowest…
A perfect destination for seafood: Cascais, Portugal’s Mar do Inferno

Talk about eating with a sense of place! Right by a cavernous rock formation on the Atlantic with an ominous…
The cuisine of TAP Air Portugal, Business Class

I was on the inaugural TAP Air Portugal flight from Dulles to Lisbon in Business Class, as well as returning back to…
Feeling First Class: the Star Alliance Lufthansa Senator Lounge at Dulles (IAD)
There are a couple of international airlines that bifurcate their lounges into Business and First Class. While I have visited…
What a party! I was on the inaugural TAP Air Portugal flight from Dulles to Lisbon

Portugal is hot – hot – HOT right now! I had the opportunity to find out just why and I’ll be sharing…
Elegant al fresco dining in NJ: Lambertville Station

On the Delaware River, right near where George Washington made his battle changing crossing, there are two little towns with very different…
Authentic Mexican cuisine in the boonies: West Grove, Pa’s Cocina Mexicana

I’ve inherited my dad’s resistance to paying tolls. During the holiday weekend, I went on a Thelma & Louise style…
Make your own gourmet cheese and vegan cheese with Urban Cheesecraft

Lots of people are trying to be more self-sufficient, including me. Gas is rising, grocery stores are crowded and unpleasant…
Get the building blocks of delicious, artisan cuisine at home with Sonoma Farm

Lots of dinner box subscriptions try to convince you that you’re “creating» your meal. There are food trucks that assure…
Keep elegant teas coming with a subscription to Amora

Very recently, we had a meeting at work where we had to go around discussing our favorite teas when we…
Fascinating statues of Wroclaw, Poland

All over the historic town of Wroclaw, Poland are works of art, statues and sculptures. When you think of the…
The fresh bounty of Iceland: Reykjavik’s Sjavargrillid (Seafood Grill)

Ha ha ha! This article is forcing me to haul out Character Map, to revive letters that English abandoned after…
A bunch of breakfasts in Belgium
I was hosted to experience the Flanders region of Belgium. European hotels have a better breakfast tradition than those in…
Tasty and authentic German home cookin’ in North Myrtle Beach, SC: Horst Gasthaus
I visited my writer friend, Carol Stigger, in North Myrtle Beach shortly after Hurricane Florence. I didn’t know what to…
Chic drinking, dining in small-town Corning, NY: The Cellar

Sometimes, a «perfect storm» is actually perfect. On my birthday, a storm slammed the East Coast, grounding planes out of New…
Things that go vroom! in the Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes region of New York was the site of a lot of firsts and bests in the transportation…
The heritage of Pleasant Valley Wine Co.: Taylor, Great Western and all of America!

When Pleasant Valley Wine Company was founded in 1860, our country was a very different place. Founded not even «four…
Vodka made in Kentucky? Yes! Wheatley vodka

For over 228 years, Kentuckians have been renowned for distilling the brown liquors: bourbon and rye whisky. Now it will…
Where the «cool kids» gather to nosh and sip: Corning, NY’s Hand + Foot

When you’re alone and out of town, are you sometimes a little intimidated eat at the hot place in town?…




