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Design Destination: Home An Easter Meditation by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger In ‘isolation’, what nurtures us, what sustains us, where do we find meaning? As I ‘shelter in place’ in my home, I find myself pondering these questions. It never occurred to me that, at this point in my life, I...
By Peggy DePersia, guest blogger From key lime flavored ‘everything’, including dog treats, to magical sunsets, the Florida Keys has it all; from the silly to the sublime. Though I have offered my experience of the “Keys” via Design Destinations in the past, I wanted to revisit what...
by Linda Laughter, guest blogger Trips are fun to plan, and the time spent in a vacation spot is always memorable. This year our travel to one of our favorite locations, Galveston, Texas was cut short. I was looking forward to writing a blog about this great trip. Upon arriving we visited a...
By Paul Lungu, Guest Blogger, When thinking of Colombia, there are many things that pop into mind. The colourful city of Cartagena, vast & lush coffee fields, the incredible Amazonian forest or the sandy shores with swaying palm trees of the Caribbean Sea. But some of Colombia’s...
By Kate Dernocoeur, Guest Blogger My travel buddy and I headed to Chile in November, and were initially on our own for a few days. I’d long-since known that Valparaiso was a great place to see street art. Lots of cities have vibrant street art communities, but this one: Wow! Valparaiso is built...
High on my list of things to do on a recent trip to New York City was to check out the newly opened Hudson Yards, the largest and most expensive real estate development in the United States. Called “Manhattan’s New Playground” by Travel and Leisure, this $25 billion dollar development has...
Happy Holidays from the DesignDestination.org bloggers We wish you a happy season and hope you keep coming back to DesignDestinations.org to share our travels with us. “Tis the Season to Decorate I never get tired of holiday decor. How about you? If like me, you love the beauty, the...
Pittsburgh is not exactly a tourist mecca. It’s not on the “overtouristed” lists and it’s not on those lists of places to go before you die. But…..having spent a few days there in October, I must say it is worth a visit. Why? Let me share four places I enjoyed....
As I think about Pittsburgh and my October visit to this industrial city, what pops into my head are all the contrasts. Water and mountains. Industry and arts. Wealth and poverty. It’s an interesting city. This was most obvious on my last day in Pittsburgh when we visited the beautiful and...
The volunteer at the Stratford Costume and Prop Tour rattled off amazing statistics as she started the hour long session at the huge warehouse not far from the four theaters that make up North America’s largest repertoire theater. For more about the Stratford Festival in Canada, click here....