Cuenca (Part 2)
Cuenca, Ecuador, is a UNESCO World Heritage city known for its colonial architecture, vibrant culture, and ex-pat community. It offers scenic beauty, historic sites, and a rich culinary scene.
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Bernini’s Medusa is in San Francisco. Go and behold her.
Musei Capitolini in Rome has lent San Francisco one of their greatest treasures, the remarkable Baroque masterpiece “The Medusa” by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), one of art history’s finest and most productive sculptors and a virtuoso in Italian Baroque art and architecture. She was bestowed by a Cardinal to Rome in 1734 somewhat worn for…
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Ecuador’s Captivating Colonial Mountain Cities – Quito and Cuenca
A Two Part Series of Discovery (Stay-Tuned) My first visit to Ecuador was nearly eight years ago. My trip at that time focused on experiencing the magnificent Galapagos Islands on Ecuador’s Pacific Coast; the islands are truly an eco-paradise, easily one of the world’s greatest treasures that should be on everyone’s bucket list. But Ecuador is…
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Buy Fresh, Buy Local: Virginia Beach,VA
The Virginia Beach Farmers Market has been delivering “fresh & local” produce, seafood, baked goods and more to the Hampton Roads community for nearly 36 years. The “Buy Local – Buy Fresh” mantra and consumer initiative is as big and bold as the state’s commitment to the “Virginia Grown” brand. The movement is national in scope but it takes…
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Inspiration: Ancient Legends, Rugged Beauty, Magical Culture
Ireland, a place to make your heart beat fast There are those places in life that captivate your mind and enchant your soul. They are the places that envelop you with the quiet sense that you belong, the places that catch you unawares and completely capture your heart. Ireland is that place for me. Three…
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Culture: Tucson, AZ: Savoring the Sizzle of the American Southwest
by Alison McFarlane I’m a desert rat. I love dry heat, hot salsa and icy margaritas. I just spent a sizzling 72-hour summer weekend exploring Tucson, Arizona and all of the above delicacies. I picked up the scent of deep, rich, dark-roast brew the first morning. Raging Sage, an independent coffee joint, provided the day’s…
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Culture: Naples: Surviving a Raw Slice of Italy
by Rachel Ward I was an Italian-ignorant, lone American girl who, according to every Italian I met, could pass for 17. Yet I braved the streets of Naples, Italy’s most crime-infested city, the gritty home of the mafia, more Cairo or Bangkok than Milan and the closest thing to extreme travel on the European circuit….
