Palm Springs Pizzazz
Bright blue sky, lacy swaying palm trees against a beige desert background – Palm Springs looks like the bright crayon drawing of a child. This desert oasis, less than a…
Chicago, second to none
Chicago has long carried the label of being second to New York – hence the name Second City. But just as the comedy club has spawned first-rate comedians, from Stephen…
A Boomer Tour of the San Francisco Classics
San Francisco, the epicenter of the tech world, attracts droves of moneyed millennials so, of course, there’s no shortage of trendy bars and fusion restaurants. But the city hasn’t lost…
Italian San Francisco
This article originally appeared on March 8, 2018 in Accenti. It is impossible to think of San Francisco without its Italian heritage. There are the notables: A.P. Giannini, who founded…
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…
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…
New Orleans
https://roamancing.com/2013/11/roamancing-new-orleans-jacqueline-swartz-beyond-french-quarter/
Boston Uncommon
BOSTON UNCOMMON: Combining Hipness with History Taking a water taxi for a dreamy ride from a waterfront hotel to Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art is like a screenshot of what Boston…
Arizona’s Desert Rose
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2012 edition of Ensemble Vacations. Click here to see a PDF of the original article Architecture Blooms in the Sonoran Desert In the…
FAIRMONT GOES FORWARD TO ITS PAST (appeared in The National Post Nov/2007)
The most vivid memory I have of my senior prom is not the boy (it was a date of convenience) or the place (a downmarket hall for a blue collar…