As a travel advisor, I plan trips for clients wanting to visit France. I also plan trips for clients wanting to visit Itay. But for some...

Janet and I aren’t into big cruise ships anymore. Sure, they were great when our kids were little because there was so much for the whole...

Discovering True French-Maryland Fusion I’ve enjoyed both French and Maryland cuisines over the years, but I never truly appreciated how...

It’s a rare occasion when Janet and I can get together with our kids and grandkids, now that our kids are grown and raising families of...

Ah, summer travel...the modern-day odyssey where your patience and your luggage get tested simultaneously. Where your journey from...

As a seasoned travel agent, when it comes to Caribbean beach resorts I’ve seen it all: from hotels where the “ocean view” requires...

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When it comes to my kitchen, I am a culinary snob, and I make no apologies for that. Since I discovered my love for cooking, I have gone...

I have a Fitbit. Actually, I had  a Fitbit. I lost my Fitbit a week ago. I don’t know how I lost it…one minute I was wearing it, and the...

Janet and I watched with horror yesterday as the story of the attack on Magdeburg Germany’s Christmas Market unfolded. Having just...

That picture is real...Janet took it with her iphone when we visited the Christmas market in Prague last week. It really was that...

What's in a name? In the Shakespeare unit of my High School English class I was taught that a rose by any other name would smell as...

I’ve spent nearly a decade trying to find the formula for the perfect Thanksgiving turkey. Each year I fall short…but for me, perfection...

If you’ve read the first two posts in this series, you know that just about every turkey gracing our tables at Thanksgiving is a broad...

It was Black Friday, 2021, the day after Thanksgiving. The rigid COVID restrictions we suffered through for most of the previous 18...

Tradition! If you read that with the rich baritone of Chaim Topol (aka Tevye) resonating in your head, you understand where I’m coming...

I had just uploaded my post about the EU’s ETIAS traveler authorization program when I got an e-mail alert from a travel news service I...

Janet loves watching movies on the Hallmark Channel. Me…not so much. Every movie is the same. Two characters who have been unlucky in...

I’m not a fan of travel hacks…haven’t been since Janet and I started our business. They’re a lot like drinking cheap wine…you might save...