Martinique island girl turned Empress
On my recent visit to Martinique I stayed in La Pagerie, where the island girl who became Empress Josephine as Napoleon’s wife, was born and spent her early years. Even 200 years...
Author: Janet Podolak
Martinique is magnifique
A flashlight beam came up from the pitch black darkness as we drove between banana groves on a rutted red-dirt road on Martinique. “They’re hunting land crabs for Easter dinner,” explained our...
Win tickets to Vintage Ohio
Win a pair of tickets to Vintage Ohio. Tweet and fill in the blank: “Ohio wines are great because ________ #nh140” Tweet as many times as you’d like by 5 p.m. Wednesday,...
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...
Previewing new Mentor Melt
I’m pretty sure the crowds won’t allow me to get near the new Melt Bar & Grilled after it opens Friday. So I’m glad I was invited to a preview of the...
Washington DC food trucks
Discover where to find them in today’s story in The News-Herald where I reveal other strategies for making the most of your visit to the nation’s capital
Venice to Istanbul next week
I’m home now, recuperating from surgery, but will join a cruise leaving from Venice on Sept. 30 – just a little more than a week away. I’m pretty wobbly after general anesthesia and...
Summer segues into autumn
To me it’s not summer until I feel the sand between my toes at the beach, eat sloppy slices of watermelon, watch the Grand River boat traffic from a perch atop Pickle...
France terroir still there in wine tasting
I first tasted the Mourgues du Gres red wine right after a walk through the garrigue around the vineyards. To me it looked like weeds and I was glad I was wearing...
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