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When I first arrived in Oaxaca I wasn’t so sure I would like it. It didn’t seem all that interesting, especially when I compared it mentally to San Miguel de Allende. That inland Mexico town is a photographer’s paradise. But soon I realized. Oaxaca’s charm sneaks up on you. First, of all,...
I have loved going to the theater since I was a very little girl when my parents took me to the local amateur productions. In fact, they relished telling the story of me at about age 5 or 6 jumping up in the middle of a production where my father had a small role […]
Do you love to visit Chicago? Like Architecture? If you say yes to both questions, I have a new DesignDestination for you. The brand spanking new Chicago Architecture Center located right by the Michigan Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River needs to be on your list to places to visit....
Happy New Year to all my DesignDestinations.org Friends. I hope you enjoy these photos taken last year in Seattle on New Year’s Eve at the Space Needle. I am going to wish you a Happy New Year and post links to previously posted New Year’s blogs. If you have followed my...
by Guest Blogger, Peggy DePersia Hey, we’re driving up the road to Bellingham. Do you have a recommendation for a good place to have lunch? I figured a young clerk at the funky bookstore in Fairhaven, Washington would know a good place to have lunch in a college town like Bellingham. Indeed,...
by Peggy DePersia, Guest Blogger I have long been enchanted by early 20th century small town architecture and vintage postcards. What is the connection? you say. Often the vintage postcards are all that remain of the structures that held such promise for developing or growing towns. In...
It’s always stimulating to travel to a place you’ve gone lots of times and see new stuff. Recently I had this opportunity when I visited a friend who spends her summers in Basalt, Colorado. I’ve gone on ski trips over the years to this part of the world and enjoyed fall visits when the...
Over the summer I had two opportunities to go to Chicago for a couple of days each with very different kinds of experiences. The first was with my friend Tina. We went to a photo shoot, art gallery and interesting shops while meandering the city. We tried out trendy new restaurants...
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...