by Stephen Goodyear | Oct 15, 2023 | travel
The 2004 movie Sideways made the greater Santa Barbara wine region well known. Funny. The wines we tasted and the vineyards we visited were not well know to me. My reasoning? Small batch wineries, almost all of them, these wonderful wines do not make it very far east...
by Stephen Goodyear | Sep 26, 2023 | travel
Thinking of Charleston, South Carolina conjures up various images depending on your perspective. If you are a historian, you may think immediately that this is where the American Civil War started in April of 1860. Two forts bookended the entrance to the harbor, Fort...
by Stephen Goodyear | Sep 1, 2023 | travel
It’s not for everyone but some with a strong cultural curiosity will find Istanbul irresistible. The city was founded as Byzantium in the 7th century BC. Roman emperor Constantine the Great renamed it first as New Rome and then as Constantinople, after himself. It...
by Stephen Goodyear | Jun 12, 2023 | travel
I never heard of The Lowcountry before 2019. Since then, I have come to know that The Lowcountry is a geographic and cultural region along South Carolina’s coast, including the Sea Islands. The Lowcountry, a large part of which sits at or below sea level is...
by Stephen Goodyear | May 9, 2023 | travel
In a past post, we talked about staying at the Hacienda San Angel, a beautiful property that was the home of Richard Burton in a past life. It remains a hotel like no other. We went back this Spring Since the passing of its co-founderJanice Chatterton, Hacienda San...