Gifts brought home from Cuba
This necklace, crafted from a silverplated fork left behind when Batista supporters fled Cuba in 1960 , was something I bought at a craft market near downtown Havana. No I didn’t buy...
Author: Janet Podolak
Just back from Cuba
That’s me in an old car serving as a taxi in Havana. A week without cell phone, internet, or credit cards in Cuba underscores the profound impact those things have on our...
Headed to Cuba
The I’m soon headed to Cuba on a legal people-to-people study trip flying from Miami. Most go there illegally from Toronto, Jamaica or another Caribbean island, since Americans have been permitted legally...
Memorial Day weekend with Civil War
Learned a lot while talking to Civil War reenactors for the story that will run Monday about the Memorial Day weekend encampment and reenactment of the Battle of the Wilderness at Lake...
Its cable cars, the original San Francisco treat
A cable car makes it way up San Francisco’s Hyde Street leaving the Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood behind There’s rarely time enough to experience all of San Francisco, so I chose my...
Willoughby Brewing goes for the Gold at World Beer Cup in Denver
It was a tremendous thrill for Willoughby Brewing Co. to win the World Beer Cup‘s Gold in Specialty Beer for its Peanut Butter Cup Coffee Porter, said head brewer Rick Seibt. He...
Find Paris lost in time, Dali, tarmac transfer in April travel
Look for this sign on a side street near the market to find le Baron Rouge, a wonderful old wine bar in Paris. Or check out the neighborhood map with my story....
Big contest win makes my day
Bustin’ my buttons over this: Veteran News-Herald staffer Janet Podolak has won a handful of honors from the Society of American Travel Writers, awarded at the group’s March 31 to April 5...
Twa-let by any other name is still a toilet
This is a beautifully painted squat toilet – co-ed, of course – that I encountered in back of a wine bar in Paris Although we all have basically the same male-female equipment,...
King of all burgers found in St. Petersburg, FL
This modest looking burger joint in St. Pete, Fla. has an amazing menu. With apologies to Jimmy Buffett, I had my cheeseburger in paradise in St. Petersburg, Fl. at a little spot...
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