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Six Great Rock’n’Roll Destinations
Posted on January 27, 2012 | 4 CommentsI’ve been a music nut since before I was born. My mother claims she listened to the Beach Boys throughout the nine months she carried me. By the time I... -
Adventure Meets History in Thailand: The Death Railway
Posted on January 21, 2012 | No CommentsMountains and river valleys, picturesque waterfalls and caves, elephant rides and monkey shows — Kanchanaburi Province, just northwest of Bangkok, has plenty to offer daytrippers and long-travelers alike. But its... -
Join the Club: Wisconsin Supper Club Traditions
Posted on January 17, 2012 | 2 CommentsYou can find them along the backroads and byways of Wisconsin, tucked into the woods or at a county highway crossroads. Some are simple, some are classy in that “wear... -
Cappadocia, Turkey: In the Land of the Fairy Chimneys
Posted on December 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsI arrived at night so the landscape only revealed itself in the small glowing pockets of intermittent streetlights and the graceful sweep of headlights as the bus weaved along the... -
Turkish Coffee: Its Past and Your Future
Posted on November 11, 2011 | 11 CommentsThough you can find coffee beans around the world, from Sumatra to Guatemala, they originated in Ethiopia. The popular theory is that shepherds found their flocks eating the berries, making... -
Japan’s Iconic Clothing: The Kimono
Posted on October 27, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe translation of the word kimono is simply “clothing.” If there is any quintessentially Japanese apparel, this would be it. The Geisha and the Japanese woodblock prints popular in the... -
Studying Spanish in Guatemala
Posted on October 8, 2011 | 3 CommentsMany of us come back from our vacations with a memory card full of photos and the peeling vestiges of a sun tan we knew would never last. I came... -
Evil Eye Protection in Turkey
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 3 CommentsWhen I first moved to Turkey, I was having dinner with my friend İffet. After the meal we ordered some Turkish coffee. Our drinks came out strong and gritty and... -
Spending the Night on Lake Titicaca
Posted on August 18, 2011 | 1 CommentI was standing on an artificial island at the top of the world. It hadn’t been fashioned of rocks or concrete, laid out with massive earthmovers or dredges; it was... -
Bang! Bang! Chop! Chop! – Thai Cooking School in Krabi
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 2 CommentsI love Thai food and I love to cook, but for some reason the two passions never quite got along in my kitchen. So on my last vacation, I decided... -
Best Stays in Jamaica: Five of the Coolest Hotels on the Island
Posted on July 23, 2011 | 3 CommentsJamaica has a wide range of places to stay from rental villas to all-inclusive resorts to small Ma and Pa operations. Here are just a few of what I would... -
Palermo: The Flower of Sicily
Posted on July 21, 2011 | No Comments“Is this your first time to Palermo?” The fellow next to me smiled but looked with masked concern at the cappuccino I was drinking at noon, a cardinal sin for... -
Kyoto As You Like It: Private Tours in the Heart of Japan
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsCan you imagine a Rasputin-esque Buddhist monk sleeping with the Empress of Japan whispering political intrigues that would end up in effect ending female rulers in the Empire? Or the... -
A Calatrava Masterpiece: Milwaukee Art Museum
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 1 CommentIt rises up out of the lake, spreading its bright white wings ever so slowly in the sun. Crowds gather every day to see its majestic performance. It is not... -
Long Weekend in Memphis – What to Do?
Posted on July 13, 2011 | 1 CommentBlues and Barbeque The Mississippi flows south along the edge of Memphis, but musicians traveled north out of the Mississippi Delta and the South to arrive here in the twentieth...
