I'm always on the lookout for places that make me feel like I've stepped back in time, suspended within a setting that has always been this way, and will always remain that way – timeless. Vizcaya Museum & Gardens in Miami is just that. It
Amelia Island is a northeast Florida barrier island rich with history and a sense of bygone romanticism. A stay at one of the historic Italianate mansions turned B&B's, like The Fairbanks House, will have you feeling like you've stepped back in time. Amelia Island's Fort
I don’t often get over to Florida’s Gulf coast. But everytime I do, I wonder why I don’t visit more often. I drove to Sarasota midweek before a weekend of birthday celebrations for a friend. I wanted a few days to myself to explore Sarasota’s main
Another week gone by biking around my favorite foggy city by a bay. Like most of my travels, I arrived in SF with no set plans. Except perhaps to enjoy a few dance classes, and discover a new neighborhood (having biked this city many times over, this
In all my days of sniffing sea breeze I've encountered nothing quite like the wind that whips off the Oregon coast. Nothing compares to the scent that rolls in off the Pacific and meets the dense forests of Oregon—crisp, wet, evergreen, clean. I visited Portland as I
Lisbon is easily my favorite European city I've visited to date (don't tell the other European cities, I want them to like me). I had such an amazing wander around this sunny, colorful, historic place. Maybe it had something to do with the tiles It had EVERYTHING to
"May-lay Keh-lee-kee-mah-kah" My aunt said pronouncing the island sounds of the Hawaiian holiday greeting---"Mele Kalikimaka." I can still hear her, bouncing from vowel to vowel, sounding out the names of Hawaiian streets---Gracefully, carefully. respectfully. This was many years ago. I was only nine years old. It was my biggest
How Not To Be A Cyclist Step One: Know nothing about road biking