Sideways Was Just the Start

Sideways Was Just the Start

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...
Add Istanbul To Your List

Add Istanbul To Your List

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...
Bluffton State of Mind

Bluffton State of Mind

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...
Puerta Vallarta Likes Its Bells

Puerta Vallarta Likes Its Bells

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...