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There’s an exhibit at our local art museum on Lee Alexander McQueen. He intrigues me to no end. I love fashion and always have. Some of the best years of my career were writing fashion stories for the Grand Rapids Press. Alexander McQueen appeared on the scene after my time writing fashion so I didn’t […]
It’s curious to me that I have lived in Michigan all my life and never been to Boyne City. I’ve been all around it. Charlevoix, Petosky, Harbor Springs, Gaylord, Traverse City, even ski trips to Boyne Highlands. But never Boyne City even though it is smack dab in the middle of what we call “Up […]
By Sheryl A. Jurries, Guest blogger If you’ve been following DesignDestinations.org then you know that I enjoyed a wonderful trip to Scotland last summer and have been posting as a guest blogger about it. I hope you are enjoying the guest blog posts. If you haven’t traveled to Scotland, you may still be familiar with […]
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan One of the most fun things about photography tours is driving along a very foreign road and then being able to stop when a photo opportunity appears. This blog post highlights these experiences on a trip I took to Central Asia a year ago. Yep, we were following the Silk Road, […]
Be forewarned. This blog post has nothing to do with design or art, museums or swishy restaurants. Nope. If I had an editor, she would say, “No go.” But I don’t and I can do whatever I want. And in this case I want to share an absolutely fascinating experience in KYRGYZSTAN, LAND OF […]
by Sheryl Arredondo Jurries, guest blogger Many people in Orkney have Viking and Scandinavian ancestry, and that heritage is evident. It feels differently here than on mainland Scotland, especially when you see the vast landscapes of windswept bleakness, Viking runes, burial cairns, rings of standing stones, and well-preserved ruins of brochs in ancient Neolithic villages. […]
by Sheryl Arredondo Jurries, Guest Blogger On a recent trip to Scotland, my husband wanted to see St. Andrews, a lovely medieval town on the shores of the cold, windswept North Sea. I had been here before with my daughter Anna when she was 19 years old and thinking of doing a study-abroad program […]
by Sheryl Arredondo Jurries, guest blogger I’d love to share a once-in-a-lifetime chance to stay at a lovely castle in the Eastern Highlands of Scotland. I have been utterly infatuated with Scotland since the late 1990s. I had discovered a series of books in 1998 set in Scotland while I worked for the Postal Service […]
I love going on photo tours. This is the kind of travel experience where everyone on the trip is there to take pictures. The tour leader’s job is to get us to cool places at the right time of day. It is a lot of fun having interesting experiences camera in hand. So, what […]
by Guest Bloggers Ann Wojtysiak and Leonardo Tombelli As lifelong Michiganders, we have learned that mid-July thru August is the best Michigan summer travel period. This summer’s excursion to Petoskey and Little Traverse Bay proved to be no exception! While the area hosts many hotels, the Terrace Inn and Stafford’s Bay View are fun for […]
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