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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...
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...