Sometimes you need to step away
Sometimes you need to step away from the everyday to really examine life and how it’s being lived. That’s one of the most compelling things about travel as far as I’m concerned,...
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Turtle Bay – place beyond expectations on the fabled North Shore of Oahu
Thundering surf settles into the soul minutes after arrival on the North Shore of Oahu. Take care as you walk barefoot in the foam at water’s edge to absorb the pounding power...
United to end nonstops to popular Florida cities
Perhaps it’s the arrival of Frontier Airlines in Cleveland that has partially caused it, but United has announced it will end its popular nonstops to Fort Myers, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale on...
Portugal passage to Spain
Storks high in their nests, long white necks stretched as if they’re curious. Black pigs snuffling beneath oaks that haven’t changed color. Old cork trees, their bark harvested to make a wide...
Headed to Portugal and Spain
A week from now I’ll be on my way to Lisbon to explore the southern part of that country before crossing over into Spain where I’ll visit Seville and Cordoba before going...
Blast from past
I’m writing about a new book, “The Best Place to Be Today” for the December travel section. It lists great places to be every day of the year and, if you’re like...
Searching for Commies in wrong Cuban places
“Searching for Commies in all the wrong places” was my suggested headline for the second story in the Cuba series, which goes to readers on Aug. 10. Either that was just too...
Walleye (pickerel) fishing and feasting in Ontario
It was early on a perfect summer day when my friend Judy and I aimed our rental car toward Rice Lake, a 23-mile long lake on the Trent-Severn waterway. Just an hour...
Everyone reads in Cuba, Literacy rate exceeds ours
Vendors of periodicals, postcards and other printed materials flank the entrance to a leafy Havana park. It was quickly apparent in Cuba that its people are avid readers. Even though the press...
Hotel a legacy of the Mob in Havana
This lavish show at Cabaret Parisien was a throwback to the past. Havana’s Hotel Nacional, alleged Cuba headquarters for the Mob during the 1950s when Americans flocked to the island to gamble and...
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