Capital shopping and eating in Lahaina
Most of our Maui adventure was spent on the water or on the beach. But we had to explore the town closest to our resort. Lahaina was the capital of the […]
Category Archives: historic houses
Hop on, hop off: A San Francisco treat. Maybe
I can’t decide whether to endorse the hop-on, hop-off buses in San Francisco. I only used one company. And there are two or three others that line up at Union […]
‘Michael’ the movie angel was here in Gruene, TX
That was all I needed to hear. The movie “Michael.“—you know, the one about an angel on earth and the tabloid reporters who investigated— filmed a scene just up the […]
Old Town Winchester: shopping and history
Petula Clark once sang a song praised the sights and sounds of Downtown. “Things will be great when you’re downtown.” I’m dating myself but I was a really little kid […]
The house where Patsy Cline launched her singing career
Virginia Patterson Hensley walked out the front door of her little white house and, with her mother, went to New York City to become a star forever known as Patsy […]
A grand Glen Burnie
I grew up down Ritchie Highway from Glen Burnie. Known mostly for its shopping centers, comfortable neighborhoods — and my high school, it isn’t a place one would call grand. […]
The unsinkable Margaret Brown
Nobody ever called Margaret Brown “Molly.” And yet that is how she will forever be known. Even at the Denver house where she lived most of her adult life. If […]
Artful shopping in San Antonio’s La Villita
Tucked away on a bend in San Antonio’s Riverwalk, La Villita charms history buffs and shopping aficionados alike with its collection of preserved buildings and the arts and craft studios they […]
Man of words and action — Jack London
There was the fire, snapping and crackling and promising life with every dancing flame. — To Build a Fire How many years ago did I read Jack London’s “To Build a […]
Colonial Christmas in Baltimore
Mount Clare, the colonial house of Charles Carroll the Barrister and his wife Margaret Tilghman Carroll was once the place to see and be seen. The guest list sounds like […]
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