Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

Looks like my urge to travel is going to sated sooner than I thought, although probably still not soon enough. My best friend and I are heading to NYC for Memorial Day weekend (which also happens to be her birthday!) I can’t wait to get there and explore. Even though I’ve been there a number [...]

Visitors to northern California will have the opportunity to view the first tour showing of A. R. Valentien’s California watercolors since the exhibit debuted in San Diego in December 2003. The joint project of the San Diego Natural History Museum and the Irvine Museum brought 80 of Valentien’s 1094 botanical paintings to public view almost [...]

As the old song says, “April in Paris”. And one of the better ways to see the city is from the ubiquitous tour boats that ply the Seine River, which winds its way through Paris, looping from the southwest arrondissements 12 and 13, through the heart, to exit heading southeast through the 15th and 16th. [...]

On the first day of our trip to Raleigh, I noticed how relaxed and calm everyone is. When you go into a shop, the cashier will give you a cheery dissertation on the weather, the basketball game and the latest highway smash-up. When my boyfriend or I respond, and our decidedly Yankee accents are heard, [...]

The Menil Collection 1515 Sul Ross Houston, Texas 77006 Tel: 713-525-9400 Fax: 713-525-9444 Museum Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 11:00 am to 7:00 pm http://www.menil.org The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas is an incredible collection of a variety of art from tribal to modern, Egyptian to Alaskan. The Museum is free but allows no photography or [...]

I traveled to Oz a few years ago and can’t wait to go back. I am a poet so the idea that they call it Oz makes me title most of my poems or at least include the whole ‘Over the Rainbow’ idea. What a great place, amazing people, history, and CHEESE!!! I went to [...]

Ah, that good ol’ urge to travel. It has been biting me hard and non-stop recently. Today I told a friend about my sailing trip in Greece…and I longed to be back on the Aegean Sea, suning myself on the back of a sailboat. The other day it was Paris that was calling my name. [...]

My hometown celebrates spring and fall with street festivals (Springfest and Autumnfest, respectively, because we’re really creative here). Springfest is coming up this weekend, and I can’t wait to stroll the Farmer’s Market, see the hippies, wander through the booths, take in some belly dancing, maybe some kids doing karate, and look at some cool [...]

“The GOLD Exhibit” – on tour in Houston Houston, Texasby Leaf McGowan Houston Museum of Natural ScienceOne Hermann Circle Drive, Houston, TX 77030 “Gold” Exhibithttp://gold.hmns.org/ Climbing upstairs from the Egyptian Exhibit, through the African Wildlife Exibit I entered a chamber with a guard. She asked me to power off my cell phone. No photography. Through [...]