Pacific Grove is a charming little town off of the Pacific Coast Highway. Located near Monterey, this town is filled with dollhouse-like Victorian homes and buildings and is affordable to spend a few ...

It doesn’t matter if it’s my first or 21st visit, once I glimpse the kaleidoscope patchwork of green countryside unfolding under the plane I can’t help but have a sense of awe. As my eyes run across ...

No matter the weather, California is one of the best places to celebrate Christmas, and Manhattan Beach is no exception. Oh sure, we might have palm trees, but we also have one of the most authentic ...

Baked empanada dough made by hand is one of the most glorious things you can do to relieve stress. Yes, it sounds weird, but getting your hands messy as you combine flour, butter and salt into crumbly ...

Ten years ago, there was not much going on in the South Bank area of London. The London Eye had just gone up. Street performers were trying to make a few quid peddling their craft. Other than that, ...

As I sat across the table from my friend Mara in DC one afternoon in November, a thought occurred to me. I was holding it together more than people knew. I’d been running at 125 percent for over three ...

I’m embarrassed to say that it took until my oldest was two years old for me to visit the Seattle Aquarium. We’d been living in Seattle for more than five years, and yet we still hadn’t been. The fact ...

I had a rather disturbing experience at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA when my boys were little. We were in the reptile house when I noticed a couple pointing at one of the terrariums. I ...

Wandering down historic Main Street in Franklin, Tennessee, I finally saw what all of the fuss was about. While I’ve been to Nashville, it was a bit overwhelming. So many neighborhoods, venues and ...

Ireland may look like a small country, but if you really want to see AND experience the beauty of the Emerald Isle, you need to slow down a bit so you aren’t overwhelmed. The Wild Atlantic Way is one ...

Corvettes, Cocktails, Caves, and Consignment—when I headed to Bowling Green, KY, with my sister, I knew we were in for some extra special fun. Why? There is plenty to do here that you can’t do ...

No one was here. Literally, I couldn’t see anyone for miles as we hiked across the plains of Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s Petrified Forest Trail. We’d come to Medora, ND to escape the crowds of ...