When my husband and I moved to Central Pennsylvania nearly six years ago, I was nervous about leaving behind the academic and artistic world of downtown Pittsburgh, where we had been living. For the duration of our time there, we filled our weekends with readings, art shows, museum exhibits, and lectures. We were never short…
The 5 Best Beaches in Bahamas
The world is full of beautiful beaches, and you can make an argument for any number of sultry destinations as being the best. But there’s probably no place on earth that can boast the sheer variety and vivid, almost otherworldly wonder of the beaches in the Bahamas. Here, the water is just bluer, the sand…
Zimbabwe: Your Dream Safari
From the plane, it looks like smoke from a large fire in the distance. But as you get closer, you can see a giant crack in the earth releasing a cloud of spray that rises high into the sky. This is Mosi-oa-Tunya (The Smoke that Thunders), widely known as Victoria Falls, one of Africa’s most…
Oxford, Miss.: More Than Just Football
Oxford, Mississippi, is one of those college towns, fairly or not, overshadowed by campus. The University of Mississippi, the state’s flagship college and called “Ole Miss” by just about everyone, will always be the big draw. Especially on Saturdays during the college football season, when alumni and fans descend upon the city. To put it in…
History Is on the Menu at ‘Hemings & Hercules’ Dinners
The first thing you need to know about the “Hemings & Hercules” dinner at Post and Beam in Los Angeles is that it’s an eight-course tour de force of open-air, wood-fire, cast-iron cookery dedicated to two of America’s first celebrity chefs—James Hemings and Hercules Posey. The second thing you need to know is that both…
A Train Journey on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Slow down, we move too fast now. Sometimes it’s good to stop and stare, soak up nature, and remind ourselves that we’re part of a complicated, grander design. Walking through the woods is wonderful. But if you prefer the comfort of viewing nature from a sitting position, try a scenic train ride. Eight scenic rides…
Find Towering Peaks and Western History in the Rocky Mountains
Head north 7.4 miles from the Grand Lake entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park and you come to a rather innocuous-looking parking lot and campground. In fact, you’ve discovered one of the park’s most fascinating locations—the Holzwarth Historic Site, or as it was more quaintly known in the 1920s, the Never Summer Dude Ranch—where for…
Spend the Winter—or the Summer—in Grand County, Colorado
In February 1928 an astounding feat of railroad engineering was completed when the first locomotive passed through the 6.2-mile-long Moffat Tunnel, connecting the eastern and western sides of the Continental Divide in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains and shortening the distance between Denver and the Pacific Coast by 176 miles. Later the construction of U.S. Highway 40…
Sailing on the Golden Horizon
The white, gleaming, boastful liners that fill the harbor overwhelm my vision as I approach the port in Dover, in the UK, yet I only have eyes for one vessel, the Golden Horizon, tiny by comparison. A retro-beauty, a near-replica of the elegant, 1913-constructed France II—the second-largest commercial merchant sailing ship ever built—it sits all…
Costa’s Fight Against COVID-19 Propels Mediterranean Cruise Route
To cruise or not to cruise: That’s the question facing millions who love being at sea but are deeply concerned about increasing their exposure to COVID-19. Fortunately, the 3-year-old Costa Smeralda, one of the world’s largest ships, now provides a positive and affordable answer. Blending an affordable and appealing itinerary with limited-capacity restrictions that are…
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