By the Whim of the Wind: Sailing the Grenadine Islands

By the Whim of the Wind: Sailing the Grenadine Islands

Making my reservation to sail aboard the Windjammer, I found that I had to get myself to Grenada for embarkation.

Big Chill, Toasty Town in Friendly, French Quebec City

Big Chill, Toasty Town in Friendly, French Quebec City

You’re surrounded by 17th and 18th-century architecture, cobblestone streets, and encompassed by towering ramparts of a walled city.

Northern Ireland: Where It’s Easy Being Green

Northern Ireland: Where It’s Easy Being Green

Peering out of my van window, I was happy the rain had stopped. Looking over the meadow, the fog was slowly lifting, and out of this moody, misty atmosphere I saw several large, lumbering images walking the fields.

Eat, Sway, Love: A Tale of Two (Mexican) Cities

Eat, Sway, Love: A Tale of Two (Mexican) Cities

Emerging from a cool plunge in the deep blue sea of Banderas Bay, I settle back in our little motorboat which gently rocks side to side as it glides towards densely forested cliffs and an intensely blue grotto.

A 'Hole' Lotta Summer Fun in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

A 'Hole' Lotta Summer Fun in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

The epic landscapes of western Wyoming, surrounded by spectacular mountain ranges, represent some of America’s most iconic scenery.

Irish Skies Are Smiling

Irish Skies Are Smiling

The sky, as we deplaned in Ireland, was deep gray and portending rain at any moment but the guide who met us allay.ed our weather worries by saying that it only rained twice last year

Tunisia: Timeless and Contemporary

Tunisia: Timeless and Contemporary

Tunisia. The very name conjures up mystery, exoticism, and something quite electrifying.

AS LUXE WOULD HAVE IT: The Delamar West Hartford, Connecticut’s Award-winning Hotel

AS LUXE WOULD HAVE IT: The Delamar West Hartford, Connecticut’s Award-winning Hotel

Bet you didn’t know: West Hartford, Connecticut has been named by Travel & Leisure Magazine to be one of “America’s coolest suburbs.”

IT TAKES A VILLA: Belpaese. Beautiful Country. Tuscany

IT TAKES A VILLA: Belpaese. Beautiful Country. Tuscany

Haven’t we all, at one time or another, dreamed of staying in an Italian villa?

Czeching Out Prague: The Best Little City in Europe

Czeching Out Prague: The Best Little City in Europe

This depends, of course, on what you’re looking for. Great theater, head to London. Fabulous designer fashions, hop over to Milan or Paris.

Belgium: Beer, Chocolate and the Battle of the Bulge

Belgium: Beer, Chocolate and the Battle of the Bulge

“This may be death by chocolate, but what a way to go!” Jenna, my travel companion, said with a deep and lingering sigh. We were dining at Wittamer, the renowned chocolate establishment in Brussels, Belgium.

Curacao: Where Northern Europe meets the Southern Caribbean

Curacao: Where Northern Europe meets the Southern Caribbean

“Blanch your plantains!” our instructor commands in a no-foolin’-around voice. Blanch? “What does blanch mean?”

Exploring the Yucatan in Cancun and Chichen Itza

Exploring the Yucatan in Cancun and Chichen Itza

I recently visited the Mayan homeland, Cancun and Chichen Itza, Mexico to be exact, situated on the southeast coast of Mexico in the state of Quintana Roo on the Yucatan Peninsula.

Burgundy, France: Veni, Vidi, Vino!

Burgundy, France: Veni, Vidi, Vino!

Lest I give the wrong impression, my visit to Burgundy, France encompassed far more than drinking wine.

A Hot Time: Summer in Park City

A Hot Time: Summer in Park City

"Don’t forget, s’mores on the terrace at 8,” a young staff member called as he left our room at Montage Deer Valley in Park City, Utah.