Janet's Jaunts Blog

Provence food best thing I ever tasted

A potato pissaladière with sardines and anchovies was one of the best things I tasted in Marseille. To battle this long cold winter, my daydreams turn to Provence, the scenic crossroads of...

James Beard award goes to local icon

The James Beard Foundation has announced five recipients of its 2014 America’s Classics Award and one of them is from Cleveland. And no, it’s not Michael Symon. Here’s what their press release...

Sochi shocks journalists who should know better

  The graphic depicted in this Greek washroom transcends language barriers I’ve been reading the gripes about substandard hotel rooms tweeted  by journalists in Sochi and I have to wonder if any...

Unusual hotel touches for Toronto weekend

An athlete shown working with a kettleball was the surprise  above my bed at the Le Germain in Toronto In the 6-by-3-foot black-and-white photo above my bed, a reclining man’s bare chest,...

Catching the Christmas spirit in Wisconsin

Santa’s right at home at the Ostoff Resort here in Elkart Lake Wisconsin where winter is frosty and white and just cold enough for the ponds to be prepared for ice skating....