New Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza opens in Mentor
The largest school district in Ohio – Mentor – is one of the main reasons Michael DuBois chose the Great Lakes Mall as the location for his Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza,...
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Bargaining is key when shopping at the Grand Bazaar
This Grand Bazaar textile merchant offered us apple tea as he gave his asking prices in three different currencies with a discount for cash. Transactions with most of the 4,000 merchants...
Holiday time along Florida’s Gulf coast
I’m spending a few days along Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast before going to Disney World for the debut of the new Fantasyland, largest expansion ever at the Magic Kingdom. I’ll also...
Small world of Crystal Serenity
These street musicians in Istanbul stopped their lively playing when the call to prayer rang out. When Dave Ashley reached out by email after reading last month’s story about my Mediterranean cruise...
Muslim attire uncommon in secular Turkey
Istanbul’s ancient history is revealed in its architecture, which includes the Haghia Sofia, built in the 532 as a magnificent Catholic basilica and converted into a mosque in 1453. But the city...
No fear in Turkey among Ottoman slippers, mosques of Grand Bazaar
Wide walkways in the Grand Bazaar had their origin in the 1400s, when it was built on the trade crossroads between Asia and Europe so camels could carry goods to merchants inside.....
Meet (again) a true adventurer from Mentor
I crossed paths once more today with Jayme Otto Noyes, a young woman from Mentor who I met two years ago in Croatia. I found her again through an email directing me...
Reading Travel: in print or online?
A string quartet tunes up and cruise staff prepares a buffet of sweets for the Mozart Tea aboard the Crystal Serenity They tell me people prefer reading online to the newspaper, but...
Scottish Highland cattle, humanely raised and good to eat
These shaggy and sweet-faced Scottish Highland cattle live outdoors all year round in Geauga County. I’ve been enamored of Scottish Highland cattle since I first encountered them in the highlands and...
Breakfasts over the top at Baltimore’s Blue Moon Cafe
There’s usually a wait for a table at the tiny Blue Moon Cafe in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood. But it offers a good time to examine the very comprehensive menu. The extraordinary...
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