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.
October 22-23, 2017
The first two days of our 19-day expedition to the Falklands and South Georgia Island are at sea, which allows us plenty of time to explore Poseidon Expeditions’…Continue Reading
Puerto Madryn, October 21, 2017
Today we arrive in Puerto Madryn, a town on Argentina’s coast, nearly two hours by air from Buenos Aires.
The dining room of our hotel in Puerto Madryn looks onto the sparking blue waters…Continue Reading
We leave this week for the adventure of a lifetime on the Sea Spirit, an expedition ship owned and operated by Poseidon Expeditions (poseidonexpeditions.com). Founded in 1999, the company has a reputation for high quality, excellent-value cruises to the Arctic, Subantarctic and Antarctic regions. Poseidon Expeditions also offers…Continue Reading
Just returned from a wonderful journey to the Peruvian highlands where we visited the UNESCO World Heritage city of Cusco, small towns and markets in the Sacred Valley and, of course, Machu Picchu.
“Musts” in Cusco:…Continue Reading
Not long ago, we were lucky enough to get front row seats at a live performance by Esperanza Spalding—the incredible, world-renowned young jazz singer and bassist . Esperanza has performed at the White House (invited by President Obama),…Continue Reading
During a recent day trip to Miami, we stopped by the Surf Club Four Seasons, an ultra-elegant boutique property, which opened in March, 2017.
The original Surf Club club debuted on New Year’s Eve 1930, as the brainchild of…Continue Reading
Of late, we’ve discovered Nantucket, for over 100 years a favorite summer retreat for the well-heeled and their families.
Now we know why those families keep coming back. Located 30…Continue Reading
A call to action…
We found it interesting that one of the founders of Twitter, Evan Williams, was quoted in a recent New York Times article that “the internet is broken.” He despairs that Facebook, Twitter, Google and other platforms now routinely communicate crimes, fake news, ideological propaganda and the like.…Continue Reading