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Yellowstone, "Then" And "Now"
As my father told me behind a misty eye as I pulled out of the driveway in May of 1980... "Go and see, go and do. Travel is our greatest teacher."
They Call It “Paris of the West” (San Francisco by bike)
The best way to get a sense of the richness of this city is to explore by bicycle or electric scooter. Directions are in italics.
Hollywood is more than an intersection: An alternative guide to the world’s most famous city
This neighborhood is not the “Hollywood” of the national news, gossip shows, and fashion magazines. It is not just the Walk of Fame, elephants on pedestals, and photos with characters.
Phoenix Is Not Just Another City
"You come for the golf but you stay for The Hang" he says. We had one of their famous milk shakes and I was on my way back to the real world.
Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon
You have to go to this alien, open, desolate place where you are totally alone to realize how connected everything is.
Dallas's Katy Trail- from the Mavs to Mockingbird
Texas is eternal. It’s so big you lose all sense of scale. The city of Dallas itself is sprawling, but when you include the DFW metroplex,
The Heart in the Heartland (Kansas City)
Is it Kansas? Is it Missouri? Are there cows in town? The answers are yes, yes, and no, but my neighbors do have a rooster named Bill. Kansas City is so hard for me to define because it is ever-changing and growing...
The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll (Memphis)
That’s how rock and roll started. For real. When Muddy Waters wrote “The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll” he was being pretty literal (One of my favorite songs, actually. I’ve added it to our SNAPS Summer Road Trip playlist*)
Recommendations from an Obsessed Tourist: NOLA Edition
I fell in love with New Orleans 27 years ago, as a young marketing intern in Paris, France, doing research on potential destinations for a Sweepstakes Grand Prize. Being a...
NOLA is where the heart is.
New Orleans has my heart. It is the first city I lived in as a grownup, so in a way, it almost counts as my hometown, and it just feels...
The Benevolent Reign of the Queen City (Charlotte)
Charlotte's nightlife is almost magic. The city is full of small and cozy places where musicians start their careers and delight with their best compositions.
DC: A Sports Town
The first thought that jump into people's mind is that DC is where people go to work for Congress and then leave after a few years. Having a transitory population, how could DC sports teams have loyal fan bases?