Insights on Travel & Culture
alley cat: noun 1. a stray cat
2. an adventurous, insatiably curious person
3. verb [intransitive] to explore ~ They love to alley cat around Rome.
Those of us old enough to have vacationed in Florida in the early ’60s recall the paradise we call “Old Florida.” Back then, we stayed in beachside cottages hidden in the scrub,…Continue Reading
Here’s the perfect, packable travel jacket for women—functional yet stylish, warm yet lightweight. Best of all, this reversible space-saving garment by UbU folds to almost nothing.
Admittedly, this is not…Continue Reading
In 1969, TV anchor Walter Cronkite, citing an EPA report, declared that Chattanooga was “the dirtiest city in America.” What a difference half a century makes! Today, Chattanooga (population 176,000)…Continue Reading
When you think of Florida, sun-kissed beaches and water sports come to mind. With over 50 miles of beaches and a broad range of aquatic activities, Ft. Myers and neighboring Sanibel and Captiva islands—situated on Florida’s southwest…Continue Reading
Who would have known that Ft. Myers, Florida now has, according to a recent story in Florida Weekly by journalist Roger Williams, the “single finest bookstore in and about the state of Florida?” In fact, this new literary resource…Continue Reading
Antigua is the oldest colonial city in Central America. Founded by the Spanish in 1524 and twice relocated, Antigua—known as Santiago de Guatemala at the time—was Guatemala’s capital until 1773 when a series of devastating earthquakes…Continue Reading
Something Wonderful, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdam (Henry Holt & Company, 2018) has been praised in The N.Y. Times as “a reminder of the bold breadth of the business, in the Broadway sense, of the Rogers and Hammerstein…Continue Reading
October 21 – November 7, 2017
“The stark polar lands grip the hearts of men who have lived on them in a manner hardly understood by people who’ve never got…Continue Reading