United States
Scenes in San Francisco
While I love the typical scenes in San Francisco–cable cars, dramatic bridges, Alcatraz and Fisherman’s Wharf, I am finding it to be a city of visual treats wherever I look.
Fredericksburg, Texas–surprisingly fun.
Recently I fell in love with a funny old town in the middle of the Hill Country of Texas. It’s where you might stay if you want to visit the wineries, the LBJ Ranch, shop, and enjoy bakeries, breweries and peaches. It was one of the first German settlements in the 1800s and is now […]
Whole Foods, Mecca for Foodies, Austin, Texas
We couldn’t go to Austin without visiting the Mecca for Foodies, Whole Foods. In 2005, the grocery store that changed the way America shops, built a new 80,000 square food flagship emporium on the outskirts of downtown Austin designed to show off everything that Whole Foods stands for....
Keep Austin Weird
My first clue that Austin, Texas was a different kind of place was arriving at the airport and seeing a colorful accumulation of guitars decorating the baggage claim area. Creative and lively, they mixed with a motley assortment of Christmas decor. Seemed to be just “plunked there.”
Magical Holiday lighting in Johnson City, Texas
Lighting in Johnson City, Texas is simply amazing. Johnson City is the birthplace of President Johnson–a tiny little town we went through several times “on our way” some place else in the Hill Country of the Lone Star State. The lighting display of trees, court house and...
The Chelsea Market: a Foodie Heaven
Can’t believe I have been going to NYC at least once a year for a very long time and have never gone to the Chelsea Market. It’s foodie heaven. A yummy urban food court. I loved it! Located at Ninth Avenue between 15 and 16th Streets, it isn’t in the part of town I […]
Head up to the High Line–an urban park in the sky
We recently walked the new High Line Park on the west side of Manhattan on a gorgeous sunny winter day. What a visual treat. My only regret is that our walk ended so soon. The High Line is an old elevated rail bed, reinvented as a public park. It is a great walk with […]