American road trip: Tell me where to go
Planning a cross-country trip for next summer. Fifty Nifty United States and all that (although, I sigh, Hawaii and Alaska are off the table). So tell me, where should my […]
Category Archives: Food, wine and other goodies
How far would you go for a pizza?
We heard about a great coal fired pizza in the New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia. We don’t travel much in this part of New Jersey so if we were going […]
POSTCARD from Baltimore’s Recreation Pier
For years, the Recreation Pier in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood was remembered mostly as the set of the television show, “Homicide: Life on the Streets.” Once the series ended, the […]
TIPSY TOURIST: Waiheke Island, NZ
Our trip was not the ideal. Heavy clouds loomed overhead. At first they threatened but then they opened up and drenched everything in sight. There was no way of staying […]
Eating my way through the Ferry Building
First off, one visit is not enough. The Ferry Building, which really is a terminal for some of the multitude of ferries that cross San Francisco Bay, is also home […]
Sipping and shopping in Fredericksburg, TX — again
Revised and reposted Feb. 2, 2017—reflects return visit. You know that picture of a cowboy town created by Hollywood? A main street, lined with little shops, lots of room to tie […]
Tranquil Tilghman Island
When you want to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, you can’t go wrong with a day on Tilghman Island. It’s not far from the hustle […]
