HILLS NEWSPAPERS: May 24, 2012 “She thinks my tractor’s sexy” – Kenny Chesney I admit it: John Deer tractors turn me on. I was sharing this tidbit with a Yolo County grower, the other day — a bit like preaching to the choir since 94 percent of Yolo is agriculture. “There’s something kind of sexy [...]
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Happy Wanderer: Discover Yolo — ’cause You Only Live Once
Posted in Travel Essays on May 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ripley’s and the Hyatt: A strange, cultural connection
Posted in Travel Essays on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: April 27, 2012 “I have traveled in 201 countries, and the strangest thing I saw was man.” — Robert Ripley Truer words were never spoken, to coin another phrase. During much of the 20th century, Robert Ripley roamed the planet, looking for oddities to include in his cartoon “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” [...]
LaMorinda: The next wine region?
Posted in Travel Essays on April 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: April 12, 2012 The Bay Area is blessed with the richest wine regions in California. LaMorinda wants to be one of them. Granted, there’s no celebrated wine trail yet — but the growers in Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda have big plans for the future.
The other “wild” side of Texas
Posted in Montclarion Columns, Travel Essays on April 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
MONTCLARION: April 12, 2012 Spring is in the air — get a big whiff. It’s the heady aroma of hot dogs and beer, the perfume of cherry blossoms and eucalyptus in the breeze. It’s wildflowers springing from the meadows and foothills and forest floors. I’ve just come back from Texas with wildflower envy. You should [...]
Happy Wanderer: The San Mateo Coast
Posted in Travel Essays, Video on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS:March 29, 2012 In all the Bay Area, who knew that Half Moon Bay would be a great place to pick up chicks? I’m talking about the feathered kind, the kind popping up in coops around the Bay. Day in and day out, Half Moon Bay Feed and Fuel sells more baby chicks than [...]
Lady Gaga’s good taste
Posted in Travel Essays on March 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: March 16, 2012 I never thought I’d say it, but Lady Gaga has good taste. She had lunch at one of my favorite restaurants recently, ordering just what I would have ordered — muscles, frites and a Fig Kiss. Can’t a girl get a martini without the world knowing about it? Apparently not, [...]
Driving a Duck Boat – all it’s quacked up to be – and more
Posted in People Profiles, Travel Essays on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
ALAMEDA JOURNAL: March 8, 2012 You think you’ve got a tough commute? Try driving a boatload of people around San Francisco — then ending up in the Bay. Alamedan Doug Perry works for Ride the Ducks, the company that takes tourists on those curious white boats on wheels. They’re actually updated versions of World War [...]
Travel with an eye towards retirement
Posted in Travel Essays on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: March 3, 2012 Travel takes on a different purpose for those of us approaching our “golden years.” We size up a destination with retirement in mind, asking ourselves what it would be like to live somewhere other than here. In the last several years, I’ve known neighbors who’ve moved to Nashville, Tenn., Pittsburgh [...]
Happy Wanderer: Things we leave behind
Posted in Travel Essays on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: February 17, 2012 My husband left his pillow in the hotel room again. And he says I’m losing it. What is it about traveling that makes us forgetful? I’ve left cold creams and pajamas, glasses and even contact lenses in hotel rooms across this great planet. But a pillow? Who even travels with [...]
Jaguar commercials make Mare Island sexy again
Posted in Travel Essays on February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
CONTRACOSTATIMES.COM: February 3, 2012 Not since its heyday has Vallejo’s Mare Island seen this kind of publicity. The once-bustling naval shipyard that was shut down in 1996 is the backdrop for a major TV ad campaign touting Jaguar. Three souped-up cars are playing “tag” on the ghostly streets of a shipyard gone silent. The Jags [...]
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