Escaping the Hawaiian tourist track on the quieter side of Oahu
So why not just stay in Honolulu/Waikiki? Well ... “It’s a tourist trap,” says Katy (last name withheld here to avoid having her pelted with poi balls), manager of an...
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Now is best time to take an eastern Caribbean cruise
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas — Maybe, so soon after a deadly duo of hurricanes ravaged some of its islands, this isn’t the best time to take that Caribbean cruise. Or...
National parks in autumn: When and where to spot the best scenery
Fall color isn't always where you expect to find it. Quick story: The assignment from a wise assigner, years ago, was to do a story on fall color at Yosemite...
Holy Toledo! Ohio’s ‘Glass City’ is worth a trip.
Spain's Toledo, according to an unimpeachable source (Wikipedia), has been called "Imperial City" and "City of the Three Cultures" for good reasons, which we won't get into here. Ohio's Toledo...
Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula is hard to get to, easy to love
This was going to be a story about lighthouses ... until I met a peony named Elsie. And the world's ugliest fish. And winkles in garlic-butter sauce. And a dented...
Canada’s Banff may be beautiful, but Jasper is bigger — and better
About 25 years ago, when my hair was much darker and my wife's hair color had achieved a perfection that will never change, we took a trip to Banff National...
Time, immigrants made Montreal cuisine a delicious melting pot
Ola Claesson sat comfortably for a chat off to the side of the busy main dining room at Auberge Saint-Gabriel. The inn — now just a restaurant — is 329...
Alberta keeps Ukrainian culture alive at heritage village
The one-room house — zemlianka — is built into the side of a hill. Other walls are of logs and sod. It is a simple house. A woman is just...
In Nantucket vs. Martha’s Vineyard, both islands are winners
They're a natural extension of life if you grew up in Boston or wherever Red Sox caps are ubiquitous and if Cape Cod is too bourgeois. Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard....
San Francisco celebrates 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Summer of Love. There will be many stories written and told about it. This almost certainly will be the only such...