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Often we are in Chicago around Halloween and if we are, I love to meander the Gold Coast, the high rent district just north of Mag Mile. There, the folks in the elegant and sedate area chock-o-block of wow-worthy mansions go all out to get into the spooky spirit. I’ve captured a few...
Fall in western Michigan is always a big shock. After the relaxed lazy hazy days of summer, characterized with very long days and oodles of time hanging out at the beach or on the many small inland lakes, September hits with with a Massive Burst of Events. Really jam packed. The head spins,...
By Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger We come today to the north shore of Lake Huron, near the eastern tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Waves lap in a relaxed fashion onto the cobblestone beach just a few feet away. Ash-grey sky blends with blue-grey water on the southern horizon. There is a...
by Linda Laughter, Guest Blogger The town of Cedarville opens its streets each year to classy cars on the same weekend at the Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show in nearby Hessel. (See last week’s blog for details and photos). These events take place on the second weekend in...
The Hessel Boat show might not be the top of your bucket list but if you are at all nautically inclined it might move up after your read about the Hessell Michigan Antique Wooden Boat Show. Recently two guest bloggers of DesignDestinations.org attended this fantastic show and decided to...
When we booked our trip to Maui the friends we were going with said they scheduled a one day tour of the Road To Hana. I immediately did a search to see why. It sounded really fun, but a bit scary. The guide books and blogs all said it was filled with hair raising switchbacks […]
Rancho La Puerta is one of my favorite places on earth. It’s a lovely fitness and health resort just over the Mexican border from California on the Baja designed to revive, to restore and to rejuvenate. I’ve gone there nine times over the years and can’t wait to go again. I’ve always...
When I tell people I have never been to Hawaii, I’d always get really surprised responses like, “You’re kidding, you’ve been so many places. I can’t believe you haven’t been there.” Nope. Hawaii hasn’t been a pin on the map of visited destinations until last May when some long time friends...
If you want to go drinking, Fells Point in Baltimore is the place to head. You will find 120 plus pubs in a a small area. Pub after Pub. Historic Taverns like The Horse you Rode in On, the oldest continuously run pub in North America and hang out of Edgar Allen Poe. It’s […]
It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago — she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time. ~ MARK TWAIN The tour guide for an Architectural […]