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by Kate Dernocoeur, Guest blogger It was an afterthought, really. During the drive to meet friends for The March in Washington D.C., there was extra time to do a little sightseeing. I noticed that Shanksville, PA, was on the way, so I thought I’d stop by to see that once obscure, now...
by Judy Bereza, guest blogger The setting: A conversation around our daughter and son-in-law’s dinner table in Los Angeles last fall. The topic of discussion: The Huntington. My husband and I were raving about it after visiting it earlier in the day, and a friend at the table, a local, said...
by Judy Bereza, guest blogger Fifty years ago my husband and I drove down the coast of California on Highway 1 San Francisco to Los Angelos. We were on our honeymoon, but that fact doesn’t excuse us from barely taking note of the entrance sign to Hearst Castle, a jaw dropping edifice...
Two of the DesignDestinations bloggers–Kate Dernocoeur and Peggy DePersia— marched in Washington last Saturday and have shared their experiences here. I hope you will find interesting and inspiring. I did. by Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger Washington, D.C., January 21, 2017: In...
by Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger It was a place that had languished on my “someday” list for decades. I finally got there last April: Yosemite! Home to that very big cliff, El Capitan, that I had stared at in photographs since my teens, and my longtime heart’s desire, the hovering, split...
by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger Tick-tock. Hmmmm? Zurich? In a world engulfed by ‘devices’ ready to give you the time of day with the swipe of a pad, it is somewhat wonderful to stroll through the commercial streets of a city so unabashedly about wrist watches and the wonder of hands moving...
by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger Heads up, history buffs, If you are one of those people who is captivated by the vast reaches of the ancient Roman Empire and its civilizing influences or the powerful impact of a historical figure such as Charlemagne or Charles the Great, also called, by some,...
By Judy Bereza, Guest Blogger Croatia has exploded on the tourist destination map in the last 20 years. But first, a bit of history. After World War II, Croatia was part of Communist Yugoslavia. In 1991 Croatia declared itself to be an independent state, but was immediately plunged into war...
by Kate Dernocoeur, Guest Blogger Road Trip! During the year of focusing on writing a book, recently, I had a hiatus from wandering (ok, except for Egypt in December…). It helped me realize just how much I love being at home. I really do. It’s seductive to have your things in a...
by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger Remember? Remember when, perhaps as an intrepid young person, you set out on a travel adventure to learn about and experience the world beyond your previous life experience? Likely, you learned oodles about the place to which you traveled and chances are,...