Driving around Sao Miguel island in the Portuguese Azores, an untainted paradise of hydrangeas, hot springs, and tidal pools.
Category: Idyllic Countryside
I’ll Never Be Bordeaux Napa
Not wining about a re-visit of Sonoma, Napa, and the Marin Coast.
Ice Ice Baby, Part II
A return to Iceland in the summer brings us around the full island to treasures of the north, including Myvatn and Dettifoss, as well as the fabled Jokulsarlon.
Highlands Distilled
Castle-chasing, Skyfall-re-enacting, Whiskey-sipping, and Falcon-hunting through dreamy Scottish Highlands.
Bavaria Hysteria
A journey through 8 cities and 4 countries in a week – through a magical land of black forests and castles and beer gardens.
Free Fallin’
A weekend escape to Ringwood State Park in Northern NJ to take in the flavors of autumn.
North Fork Uncorked
North Fork, Long Island. [July 2017] Visual. Vast velvets of violet violently enveloping the vixen’s yellow dress. A lavender vacuum in full view. Olfactory. Omnipresent pollen offer… Read more “North Fork Uncorked”
Upstate Estate
Kykuit: The Rockefeller Estate, Sleepy Hollow, New York. [May 2017] I am now inspired to read the classic literature on success: “Being A Billionaire” by Sherwood B.… Read more “Upstate Estate”
Don’t Let Me Fall
Watkins Glen/Taughannock Falls, New York. [October 2016] Sometimes you need to let your thoughts run, run on without end, letting the infallible force of gravity reign, down… Read more “Don’t Let Me Fall”
Sonoma Knows My Soul
Sonoma/Mendocino/Marin Counties, California. [September 2016] I’ve never been much of a wino, possessing not the refined palate of the cast of Somm nor the vivid imagination to rattle off a list of… Read more “Sonoma Knows My Soul”