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.
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
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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
The Dordogne region of southwestern France, located two hours east of Bordeaux, may not be the first area that comes to mind when Americans are planning a French trip. But travelers in-the-know consider it, for good reason, one of France’s most…Continue Reading
Want to know why people, particularly photographers, come from all over the U.S. to this rookery in St. Augustine, Florida? Action. There’s never a dull moment at the Alligator Farm, where thousands of tropical birds arrive every spring to mate,…Continue Reading
Exciting news! Cirque du Soleil will perform this year in Charleston, South Carolina from August 9-13, 2017 with OVO, its newest touring show. OVO, which means “egg” in Portuguese, takes audiences into a colorful ecosystem where insects work, eat crawl, flutter, play and…Continue Reading
The largest retrospective ever of the works of photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009) has just opened in April, 2017 at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City on the occasion of the photographer’s centennial. Penn is best known for the six decades…Continue Reading