by Cheri Eplin Traveling alone can seem like a daunting task. When you read about women such as Elizabeth Gilbert finding herself by eating, praying, and loving through exotic lands, it seems like a fanciful thought for someone else. But if you’ve fantasized about jetting off solo, no one said you had to plan the…
by Cheri Eplin One thing is for sure. When you become single in your 40’s, you become an instant charity for well-meaning friends and relatives. God Bless you if you were unfairly widowed or never married, but for the 50% of us that keep company in the divorced statistics, a bad blind date can make…
by Cheri Eplin If Tony Bennett lost his heart in San Francisco, I found mine in Half Moon Bay. Located just 25 miles south from San Francisco, this seaside city usually boasts mild weather (with morning and nightly fog) but ironically welcomed me with unusually warm weather during my visit, which coincidentally paired with the…
by Cheri Eplin If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a group of 29 Rotarians—and one sister-in-law willing to help translate—to change the lives of 143 patients, mostly children, from the university city of Pereira, Colombia. Rotaplast, a program that provides surgical intervention to eliminate untreated cleft lips and palates,…
by Cheri Eplin Spring is in the air! So much for new years when everyone promised to make changes to improve their lives. You know the drill: lose weight, quit smoking, and be nicer to people, blah, blah, blah. Truth is, not many resolutions last beyond the first week. Many promises we make to ourselves…
by Cheri Eplin Envision a world without television, cell phones, computers, or commuter lanes. Imagine floating almost effortlessly suspended, where your only neighbors are a sea otter, a bat ray, or a rockfish, and—hopefully—your diving partner. If you can picture that scene, then perhaps you can conceptualize the sport of scuba diving. Scuba diving might…
by Cheri Eplin If the Heavens were responsible for sprinkling magical dust upon land, Angel Island would definitely be one of the recipients. Set in the middle of San Francisco Bay a stone’s throw from Alcatraz, Angel Island is a perfect place to travel solo- a treat for both mind and body. Yeah, right… now…