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- Guide to Cape Town, South Africa April 3, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Hermanus to Cape Town March 28, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Mossel Bay to Cape Agulhas March 27, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Knysna to Wilderness March 26, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Nature’s Valley to Plettenberg Bay March 25, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Storms River Mouth March 24, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route Road Trip, South Africa March 23, 2020
- Guide to Addo Elephant National Park Safari, South Africa March 19, 2020
- Guide to the Panorama Route, South Africa December 3, 2019
- Guide to Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa November 20, 2019
- 4 Places to Play Pinball in San Diego July 25, 2019
- 6 Incredible Mountain Hikes Under 1 Hour From San Diego July 21, 2019
- Guide to Cabrillo National Monument, San Deigo July 17, 2019
- Find Four Pedestrian Bridges Hidden In San Diego June 30, 2019
- Barrio Logan, San Diego: Chicano Park & Las Cuatro Milpas June 26, 2019
- Binge on the Best Burritos in San Diego June 24, 2019
- Take a Taco Tour in San Diego June 19, 2019
- Tour the Kombucha Breweries of San Diego June 16, 2019
- Tour the San Diego Farmers Markets June 12, 2019
- San Diego’s 5 Peak Challenge Mission Trails Regional Park June 9, 2019
- Number One Attraction in San Diego, CA: Balboa Park June 5, 2019
- Your Guide to Exploring San Diego, California June 2, 2019
- Experience Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 29, 2019
- Walk the Haiku Path at Santa Fe Community College May 26, 2019
- Drink the Elixir at Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, NM May 22, 2019
- Hike the Tree Spring Trail in Sandia Mountains, NM May 18, 2019
- Tinkertown Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 15, 2019
- World’s Largest Rattlesnake in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 12, 2019
- Museums of University of New Mexico in Albuquerque May 5, 2019
- Exploring Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque, NM May 1, 2019
Category Archives: New York
Beer Diviner
Maybe you’re out on a beverage trail, you’re just looking to take a cruise out into the country, or you were hiking at Cherry Plain State Park…you could really make up any reason to take a drive to Stephentown (home … Continue reading
Posted in New York, Rensselaer County
Tagged beer, beer diviner, beverage trail, brewery, cherry plain state park, funky, local, maple water, maple water beer, movie night, on tap, pint, rural, sour beer, stephentown, tap room, taproom, tasting, zaddock pratt
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OMI Sculpture Park
Rolling fields sprinkled with thought provoking art, the OMI International Arts Center [1405 Co Rte 22, Ghent, NY 12075] in Columbia County’s Ghent is a must see. I never know how to pronounce the name, is it oh-me, or ah-mi, … Continue reading
Posted in Columbia County
Tagged art park, birding, bog meadow nature trail, columbia county, exercise, Fun, ghent, goslings, hike, omi, OMI International Arts Center, sculpture park, spring, sunshine, thought provoking, wildlife
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Kinderhook Eats: The Flammerie
I am like a moth to The Flammerie [7 Hudson St, Kinderhook, NY 12106]. This little restaurant nestled at the edge of town is bustling with action, and for good reason. If you don’t make a reservation you probably won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Columbia County
Tagged bacon, breads and spreads, butternut apple ginger, chicken and dumpling, chipolte chickpea, columbia county, crepe, date night, dessert, dinner, dinner date, eat me, feed, flammerie, flammkuchen, french cuisine, fromage, german cuisine, house made crouton, huson valley, kinderhook, pickled, pork shoulder, ramps, salted caramel, soup, ugh, wonderful, wood-fired flatbread, wood-fired stove, yum
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Westchester Hike: Eugene and Agnes Meyer Preserve
Want to see an Eastern box turtle crossing the road? Get yourself to Eugene and Agnes Meyer Preserve in North Castle [and New Castle!], Westchester, I promise you’ll see a whole lot more as well. [Directions from Nature.org: I-684 to … Continue reading
Posted in Westchester County
Tagged bird watching, birding, byram lake reservoir, caterpillar, east, eastern box turtle, Eugene and Agnes Meyer Preserve, forest, frog, Fun, geranium, hike, map, meadow, Meyer Preserve, nature, nature preserve, new castle, north castle, parcel, pink lady slipper, trail, turtle, west, westchester, wetland, wild columbine, wild flowers, wildflower, wildflowers
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Neuberger Museum of Art
Bold African sculptures and textiles downstairs, and eclectic paintings and sculptures upstairs; if you’re living around Westchester, New York you must get yourself to the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase [735 Anderson Hill Road Purchase, NY 10577-1400 Follow the … Continue reading
Posted in Westchester County
Tagged african art, art, art museum, congo, culture, free, Fun, kuba, kuba textile, Museum of Art, Neuberger, Neuberger Museum, Neuberger Museum of Art, purchase, sculpture, suny purchase, textile, westchester
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Adirondack Eats: Sammy D’s Café
I don’t normally make plans to eat at the mall, but Sammy D’s Cafe is a joint to make exceptions for. We had just hiked Buck Mountain and were hungry and in the mood for something hearty. Located in the … Continue reading
Posted in Adirondacks
Tagged adirondacks, adk, adks, avocado, bacon, blt, cheap eats, chicken, cinnamon, cobbler, coleman factory outlets, complimentary, dessert, eat, eat me, feed, free, hippy, homemade bread, house cured meat, lunch, mall, outlet shopping, outlets, peach, peach cobbler, sammy d's, sammy d's cafe, sandwich, shopping, soft serve, the chief, tie-dye, vanilla, yum
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Adirondack Hike: Prospect Mountain
It’s mountain season again, and I couldn’t be happier! A few weeks ago on a chilly spring day we packed our bags and headed for Prospect Mountain, just moments away from Lake George village. [Turn west from on Route 9 … Continue reading
Posted in Adirondacks
Tagged adirondacks, adks, auto-road, birding, chipmunk, elevated walkway, hike, history, lake george, mountain, mountain climbing, nature, possum, prospect mountain, railroad, ruins, trail, views, vista, waterfall
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NYC Eats: Dominique Ansel Bakery
Searching for severely scrumptious sweets in Soho? Look no further than Dominique Ansel Bakery [189 Spring St, New York, NY 10012] where the pastries look as good as they taste. Hop on line and try to decide what you are … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged bakery, cat, chocolate chip cookie shot, cinnabon, cookie shot, cronut, dessert, Dominique Ansel, Dominique Ansel Bakery, eat me, feed, frozen smores, ice cream, kitty, manhattan, marshmallow, nutella milk bread, nyc, smores, soho, spring st, tahitian vanilla, yum
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NYC: High Line Park and Ganesvoort Market
To take something old and discarded and breathe new life into it is no easy task, but a labor of love. That is what happened at the High Line Park in NYC, opened since 2009, which quickly became a top … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged architecture, art, culture, flower bed, freedom tower, fruit pop, gansevoort, gansevoort market, hibiscus, high line, high line park, history, ice pop, manhattan, market, mural, new york city, nyc, park, penn station, physical graffiti, pina-jalepeno, rail trail, reuse, sculpture, statue of liberty, yarn bomb
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