Five vine values in the Napa Valley
August 31, 2010 ·
No doubt about it, the Napa Valley can be expensive. Hundred- dollar bottle of wine? They’ve got it. Thousand-a-night hotel suite? Right this way. But there are vine values to be found if you know where to look. Want to glide up a mountain by gondola? See avant-garde art in a garden setting? Sip sparkling [...]
Au pair reunion is good excuse for family trip
August 31, 2010 ·
There’s nothing like having someone live with you for a year to forge a lifelong friendship. But you can’t just drop by for coffee when that person lives across the Atlantic Ocean. My husband and I hosted German au pairs for seven years to care for our three children. And from the moment we quit [...]
10 most-secluded international beaches
August 28, 2010 ·
Nearly everybody loves a day at the beach – basking in the sun, splashing in the surf, and lounging in an ephemeral state of relaxation. The one problem with this equation? The “nearly everybody” that comes along for the ride. With sun, surf, and sand at top of mind this summer, we’ve honed in on [...]
Kayak adventure in Alaska: Wildlife and glaciers
July 26, 2010 ·
We’re standing in a field of rocks in a dense fog, surrounded by icebergs stranded at low tide. This is the terminal moraine of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier — the rocky debris that was left when the glacier retreated — and it looks like the moon, all gray and black and icy and bleak. Wearing oversize [...]
America’s best cities for singles
July 19, 2010 ·
What makes a good singles scene? Sometimes it’s charming locals, great weather—or a little of both. Social media strategist Jani Bowe moved to Chicago from Minneapolis in 2007 and was glad she did. “Before moving to Chicago I wondered where on earth all the 20- to 30-year-olds went, as the dating scene in Minneapolis was [...]
New Orleans back in Travel + Leisure top 10 cities
July 8, 2010 ·
New Orleans is back in Travel + Leisure magazine’s top 10 cities list for the first time since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and its tourism industry in August 2005. New Orleans took the No. 7 spot in the category of top cities in U.S. and Canada, part of the magazine’s annual World’s Best Awards. [...]
Mountains inspire in North Cascades art courses
July 8, 2010 ·
For their 10th wedding anniversary, Kori Crane’s husband handed her a check and told her she could only spend it on an art class. Not just any art class. Crane designed and painted silk scarves in the remote wilderness of North Cascades National Park, drawing on the majestic mountains and towering pines for inspiration. Nestled [...]
