by Bobbie Green Vintage Rail travel is one surefire way for singles to enjoy a great vacation. It is the perfect venue for old friends to get together; small groups are a perfect fit. Riding the luxury vintage rail cars of the American Orient Express (AOE) is a treat in itself. In my opinion, the…
by Stephanie Block Who says you can’t live off the land in the middle of a city? Oakland Sol-ers are doing just that. Their mixed-use building in the heart of East Oakland’s warehouse district hardly strikes one as an urban oasis, surrounded as it is by auto body shops and a freeway. But much like…
by Sheila O’Connor One of the best ways to see the San Francisco is by bus, but have you ever thought of eating your way through the city? It’s a novel approach and one of the best ways you can get to know the City by the Bay. Local Tastes of the City conducts off-the-beaten-track…
by Rochelle Hensley Day One Picture it: A not-bad-looking, young, adventurous black female tourist walks down a little cobblestone road somewhere in the middle of Florence. That woman was me. Map in hand, I eagerly made my way to the first site of the day. I hadn’t been walking fifteen minutes when a handsome, stylish…
by Thuc Nguyen In April of 1998, I walked past a travel agency in South London that advertised cheap plane tickets to Croatia. I had been in England for over half a year and needed to spend some time elsewhere, but dreaded going to well-known destinations such as Paris or Ibiza. Even Prague was filling…
by Stephanie Block Kristin Pedroja won us over immediately when she bitched, “Does anyone else find it ridiculous that within two months of the invention of Viagra nearly 90% of American insurance companies covered it, and women are still paying for birth control?” And this was after teaching us how to look for cheaper versions…
by Gigi Ragland Undaunted Courage, by Stephen Ambrose, chronicles the heroic overland expedition of Lewis and Clark. These adventurous men and their thirty-one member party, dubbed the Corps of Discovery, journeyed westward from St. Louis in search of an all-water route to the Pacific. Of particular interest to me was the Corp’s encounter with the…