While Judi talks, I swoon and turn green with envy–emerald green– like the picturepostcard landscapes, lush pasturelands, breathless coastlines they’ll see on their trip. My part-Irish eyes are smiling just thinking of boldly painted doors, [...]

“I could never let strangers sleep in my bed,” declares a skeptical friend. Michele and Frank might be foreigners but not strangers, not after dozens of email dispatches across the pond. It all stems from [...]

The next time you get an itch for the wine country, why not add a little grown-up fun at the house Charlie Brown built. Alright, it’s really a museum built for Charles Schulz—the creator “Peanuts,” and it’s over in Santa Rosa. Haven’t we all been captivated by the often-undone Charlie Brown and Lucy’s outrageous 5-cent consulting services?

After the holiday party winds down, talk always turns to travel. My bucket list?, friend Jeanne says, Pasadena, New Years Day, the Rose Parade. What? All the crowds?

The highlight of a soldier’s day were letters from home. My pack-rat father stashed his away, forgotten for decades. No war stories at our house. I never asked, he never offered. After he died, I [...]

Somebody once said that travel whirls you around and turns you upside down, often right at the gate. We arrive early at the airport, wheeling our smartly-packed carry-ons, only to hear