BC: Like California, Only Bigger!

Ever since 3rd grade geography class with Ms. Druffle, I’ve loved looking at maps, and have always wondered if I would have been a cartographist if I lived in a previous era.  I’ve become aware of my keen sense of space and I’ve come to understand I have a very spatial memory [...]

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Traveling with your youngster

Traveling can be exhausting and challenging at times (especially when exploring outside the country). Traveling with a baby can be even more so. But there are ways to make it easier, as my husband and I discovered while in Europe this summer with our 2 month old daughter, Clara. Overall, we found traveling with a [...]

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Texas Wines

For my birthday recently my lovely wife surprised me with a trip to the Texas hill country north of our home in San Antonio. The wine industry is Texas is young – 10 years – and most places are trying to see what grows best. Nonetheless having a great wine country ambiance within an hour [...]

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5Terre

Earlier today I was reading through Rick Steve’s take on vacationing to Italy’s Cinque Terre and caught myself day dreaming back to the two times I have visited the region.  One of them was 8 years ago this April.  Time flies, that is for sure.  These five towns are one of the must sees in [...]

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Tavola Rosso Florence Travel Guide

Florence is a special place for many reasons, and I share many great memories of this town with both family and friends. The ancient city is unchanged, yet very different than it was during the days of Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, da Vinci, and Dante.  The streets and the buildings seem immovable and that they will live [...]

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