Travel
ALL ABOUT MY PHYSICAL {AND PHILOSOPHICAL} TRAVELS THROUGH LIFE.
Where to Eat and Drink in Palm Springs
Palm Springs has it all: the perfect climate (if you like hot and dry), perfect golf courses (if you like golf), titilating history (if you like Hollywood glamour and naughty pool parties), the perfect architecture (if you like Mid Century Modern), and the perfect...
There’s More to Palm Springs Than Golf…
Initially, you might think of Palm Springs as the mecca for retirees and golfers. You'd be absolutely correct. There are more golf courses in the Greater Palm Springs Area (GPSA) than you can shake a 9 iron at —115 courses at last count—but, there is more to Palm...
Austin, Texas: Why You Need to Go
"Topographically, Austin is where east and west fuse. Politically, the blue dot in a blood-red state. Culturally, where barefoot and boots come together." So says Taylor Bruce, founder of the Wildsam Field Guides. Let the Austin edition of these field guides be your...
The Pearl of the South Okanagan: Osoyoos Oyster Festival
Looking for something to do? Love sunshine, food and wine? Head to Osoyoos, B.C., April 22 to 25, for the 2015 Osoyoos Oyster Festival. If you love wine and oysters, book your tickets now, because folks, this is one event you do not want to miss. I've attended two of...
Black Burgers in Tokyo – Frightful Food
It's Hallowe'en which means time for something truly terrifying: the Kuro (Black) Burger from Burger King and the Spooky Burger from McDonald's. Some of you (most of you, I hope), may be wondering why anyone would want to eat these burgers. I mean, look at these...
The Backroads: Houston to Austin, Texas
The drive from Houston to Austin should take you 2.5 hours - if you stay on the main highways (I-10 and State Highway 71), but main highways are for traveling wimps. There are way more interesting things to see if you take the backroads. Mind you, the I-10 overpasses...
24 Hours in Houston, Texas
United Airlines recently added direct flights to Houston out of the Edmonton International Airport. A four hour and twenty minute flight has you at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Our flight left at midnight, getting us in to Houston at just after 5 a.m. Word...
Scenes from an Airport – Vancouver, British Columbia
Airports: love 'em or hate 'em, they provide fantastic photo opportunities. A flight delay on our recent trip from Seattle to Edmonton via Vancouver had us in the YVR airport longer than anticipated. As I waited, and waited some more, I began to realize how...
Arctic Adventures: Traveling Solo in the North
My solo trip to the Arctic to talk with the surviving Ahiarmiut was something I chose to go ahead with a couple of months ago. My husband, who travels north of 60 on a regular basis, knows the ins and outs of northern travel. When I go with him, I follow him around,...