Italian San Francisco
This article originally appeared on March 8, 2018 in Accenti. Click here to see the original version It is impossible to think of San Francisco without its Italian heritage. There…
Learning in the Luscious Luberon
THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT THE LUBERON (appeared in Travel World International) 2017 The Luberon area of Provence is known for its hilltop towns, lavender fields and its colorful bounty - …
Travel Secret: 10 Reasons Why Berkeley Has the Best of Everything
This article originally appeared on August 10, 2017 in CAA Magazine. Click here to see the original version Great food, scenery, architecture and more are waiting just across the bay…
CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER TOUR SNOB
This article originally appeared on June 21, 2017 in Travel Industry Today. Click here to see the original version 21 JUN 2017: I admit it. I used to think tours…
Stalking the White Indian Rhino
“Tomorrow we’ll see the rhinos up close”, said my guide, Sanjoy. We were in a jeep, ambling down the road bordering the Kaziranga Wildlife Preserve in northeastern India. Elephant, wild…
Baden-Baden
BADEN-BADEN FLASHBACKS
This article originally appeared in the 2016 Winter Issue of Dreamscapes Magazine. Click here to see the original version I am here for the waters, but everywhere I turn, this…
HAMBURG: Germany’s Scandinavian City (Appeared in Ensemble Vacations).
How many travelers would guess that Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, and one of the most affluent, with the second largest port in Europe, after Rotterdam. Unlike…
Exploring New York’s Finger Lakes
This article originally appeared on June 24, 2015 at vacay.ca. Click here to see the original version CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK — Less than four hours by car from Toronto, the Finger Lakes is an…
Cartoon retrospective by Art Spiegeman at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario
This article originally appeared on February 12, 2015 on examiner.com The massacre of four of France’s best-known cartoonists at the Charlie Hebdo offices sets an eerie stage for the retrospective…
London’s Hidden Neighborhood
Overshadowed by nearby Covent Garden and the theatre district, London’s Seven Dials never became a tourist destination. Yet the seven cobblestoned streets that radiate from a central square with a…