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I didn’t really know what to expect when my friend booked a couple of nights at the Hotel Del Coronado on Coronado Island for us before going on to Rancho La Puerta. Yep, I knew it was a big hotel geared for conventions, meetings and family vacations on the beach of San Diego, but...
I don’t write about Grand Rapids much and that’s silly because this growing and vibrant metropolitan area has a lot to offer residents and tourists. It’s actually a pretty cool place to live, other than November and March. I don’t like those months because of the number of gray days, but...
by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger “ There’s No Place Like Home” That oft-quoted refrain from the classic ‘Wizard of Oz’, rings true doesn’t it? Dorothy’s famous ‘chant’ came to me recently following an adventure with my grandson in my long time home state, Michigan. Though originally a...
When my friend suggested we stay at the 130 plus year old hotel, the Hotel Del Coronado, called The Del by the locals, I thought. “How fun. It’s on a beach and probably has a lot of history.” I love places like that. We were headed to Rancho La Puerta, just over the border from […]
One of my favorite things to do in a big city is to throw my camera strap over shoulder and head off on a walk. In Paris, this is called being a flaneur, or walking with no apparent destination in mind. Just meandering. This blog post will document the interesting stuff that caught my […]
I just spent a couple of days in Chicago with a friend last week and as always Chicago is full of great stuff to see and do. Lots of surprises. Things that make me smile. So, what was interesting, amusing and notable? We stayed at the Chicago Athletic Association hotel filled with old and...
by Linda Laughter, guest blogger Most Michiganders are familiar with our own special island, but evidently visitors have found our secret. Trip Advisor voted Mackinac Island the number one vacation destination in the USA. Located in Lake Huron, we are fortunate to have this...
When I told a friend we had walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, he said, “Gosh, I didn’t know you could do that.” Well, actually you can and some times there are too many people who want to take a hike across the 1.3 mile span between Manhattan and Brooklyn, the world’s first steel suspension...
The High Line 2018 I’ve been visiting and writing about the High Line since 2009, observing the changes in this cool urban space. These changes have been massive. Every so often a friend goes there and comments about how interesting it is and I think, “Wish you could have seen it at the...
If you’ve never heard of Ushuaia you aren’t alone. This small town at the southern tip of Argentina is mostly known to people taking Antartica Expeditions or hikers. It’s pretty remote. Actually really remote. We landed in Ushuaia on a National Geographic trip where we boarded a boat, but not...