A palace filled with plants and flowers
I was standing under massive palm trees, looking at how the stained glass windows splattered color all over their deep green leaves. And then it started to rain. I saw […]
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 […]
POSTCARD from New Orleans
The confetti and the beads have probably all been swept up on the streets of New Orleans. Mardi Gras is over. Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent’s […]
TIPSY TOURIST: Big Cork Vineyards
I love to drive off the beaten path, miles from anywhere, to find a little gem of a winery. Even better to drive off the beaten path and find that […]
POSTCARD from Deep Creek Lake
A visit to DeepCreek Lake in western Maryland absolutely must include a stop at Swallow Falls State Park. And this year was no different. But this year unlike many recent […]
10,000-step tour: Downhill in San Francisco
I didn’t mean to plan a downhill walk in San Francisco. And I was sorry I had when I got to the last leg and was looking up the city’s […]
McKee Botanical Garden: Where the Wild Things Are
It was too cold for the beach. Not enough sun for basking. But we were in Vero Beach, Florida. We had to play outside. We found the perfect spot at […]
Ward Museum: making wood fly
Decoy carvers have an uncanny ability to make wood fly. They slice away bits until a duck or goose or egret emerges, spreads its wings and takes off. Don’t believe […]
Dazzled by plexiglas and string
It was cold in Baltimore. Single-digit cold. Even so I wasn’t spending Sunday afternoon at home. My husband and I opted for brunch and art at the Baltimore Museum of […]
On a mission in San Antonio
Every time I have visited San Antonio, I’ve remembered the Alamo. But until my last visit a few weeks ago, I had never seen the other missions which are part […]
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