My cousin, Cindy, texted me asking “wanna go to Guatemala”? Not one to say no to a new destination, I answered “yes” immediately. Cindy was returning to the country where she and her husband adopted their son, Luke, 14 years earlier. Curious about his culture, Luke expressed interest in seeing his birth home and learning
Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
- Southwest, United States
- Balboa Theater, Le Parfait Paris, Puesto restaurant, San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego PetCo Park, the Shout House, USS Midway Museum
In the belly of bustling downtown San Diego sits the AAA Four Diamond Westin Gaslamp Quarter hotel. It’s all about location, location, location! The Gaslamp in one of THE hottest spots in this SoCal city. Night life and day life abound! And it’s all steps away from the hotel. Balboa Theater was a vaudeville palace
San Diego Union Tribune reporter, Diane Bell, interviewed me to try and reveal the possible identity of the creature I will divulge on an upcoming episode of the Travel Channel’s “Mysteries at the Museum.” Could the creature’s skull in San Diego’s Natural History Museum be related to a White River monster in Arkansas? You’ll have to
Hello Palm Springs! Ace Hotel & Swim Club’s cool digs are within shouting distance of downtown; perfect for finding the top 10’s within 2 miles! Here ya go… Because this desert playground is popular with the hipsters, a few top tens are on property! Vespa n’est pas? The Italian mopeds are perfect for zipping around
This year I celebrated my birthday in La Paz, Mexico with 15 friends. We went there to swim with whale sharks and visit a turtle sanctuary. The trip was beyond anything I could have imagined. We flew from the Tijuana Airport via the Cross Border Express, a 390-foot bridge connecting San Diego County to the
My 800-mile mission walk was the subject of reporter Lisa Deaderick’s recent Q&A in the San Diego Union Tribune. I’m thrilled she profiled me as one of the city’s notable people for my 800-mile mission walk. Deaderick asked great questions about the best advice I ever received, what would surprise readers about me, and what
Society and Cook Islands Are Always a Good Idea
- French Polynesia, Oceania
- Aitutaki, Bora Bora, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Mo'orea, Rarotonga, Society Islands, Taha'a, Tahiti
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13,140,000 minutes. How do you measure a marriage of 25 years? In daylights, in sunsets, in laughter, in miles. The Southern Hemisphere’s Society and Cook Islands’ raw natural beauty, technicolor skies, and crystal clear water hosted a surreal silver anniversary for my husband, Miguel, and I. For eleven days upon the ship m/s Paul Gauguin
Havana Good Time in Cuba
- Caribbean, Cuba
- Bacardi Rum, Casa Particulars, Cienfuegos, Cuba, Havana, Santa Clara Battery, Taganana Hill, Trinidad, Viñales
Vacationing in communist Cuba is a mix of experiences. It’s a melting pot of 11 million inhabitants comprised of people from myriad countries, all migrated to the island throughout history, either willingly — Spaniards, French, or under duress — African slaves. The capital, Havana, with its crumbling history and riot of color is bustling with
Train travel has come a long way, as you’ll hear in my interview on America Trends Podcast about riding the rails. We start with a conversation about a vintage train excursion in Amish country and then lay down tracks about the possibilities for those who want a few hours of escape or others who would
It was an absolute blast talking with Jim Christina & Bobbi Bell on L.A. Talk Radio’s The Writer’s Block! Their show is a series of conversations with writers of fiction, non fiction, music, poetry, history and, well pretty much whatever people write and for what reasons.They both have great sense of humors. We chatted about my