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Choices abound for boat trips off Manhattan. They are fun and easy—great for a different view of this magnificent city. If you like architecture and design, I’d suggest the Architecture Boat Tour that goes all the way around Manhattan. It’s a great way to get a perspective of the city and...
by Guest Blogger, Kate Dernocoeur As fun as it is to run rivers, it’s also great to look beyond the water. Rivers often serve as wonderful access points for beautiful hiking terrain. In April 2014 during our 225-mile journey through Grand Canyon on the Colorado River, we often set off in our...
Ah, nothing like getting back home after a particularly busy and sometimes stressful time. I am happy settling into my own home with familiar stuff and views after a five day trip t o New York City. When I mentioned to a friend that even though my life was fraught with challenges and...
by Kate Dernocoeur Guest Blogger We’re on River Day #13, at the bottom of Grand Canyon, floating the waters of the Colorado River. From my journal: “Thru some riffles to Fishtail Rapid (drop 10′) at Mile 140, past Kanab Creek to Kanab Rapid (drop 12′) at Mile 144. Past Olo Canyon,...
I attended a dinner a couple of weeks ago at the Meyer May house in Grand Rapids It was one of those funny things. I’ve lived in GR almost thirty years and only been there once before. It is the kind of thing tourists do when whey come come visit. I’ve gone out of my way […]
The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is most definitely a destination to put on your list when visiting the Golden Gate City jam-packed with stuff to do. The largest Asian Art Museum in our country is both a fascinating building and the repository of a vast array of Asian art and cultural...
It’s probably silly to think I can do a blog about Culture in Cuba in under 500 words and a few photos, but I’m going to make a “sound bite” stab at it. My sense is that under the communist regime of Fidel Castro and his buddies, the leaders tried to wipe out much of […]
Carmel By the Sea on the Monterey Peninsula is unbelievably “cute.” The houses are cute. The signs on the houses are cute. The many dogs being lead around by their attractive owners are cute. I mean…..this is a place that specializes in CUTE. It is one square mile and loaded with story book...
by Kate Dernocoeur, Guest Blogger She’s more than 30 feet long, and has surely come to this beautiful lagoon midway down the west coast of the Baja California peninsula for dozens of winters. I am amazed how she seems simply to emerge,...
“Sometimes the muse comes and we do very creative work. Other years we do ordinary work and let the spirit lay fallow,” explained Hector, a Cuban farmer turned ceramist. We visited his creative and beautiful farm/pottery studio somewhere between Varadero and Havana and saw examples of both...