“We’ll always have Paris,” maybe the best catch phrase from the movie Casablanca, but the underlying meaning is a treasured experience shared with someone. My husband and I recently had our Casablanca moment when we discovered the joy of slow travel in France on a luxury barge cruise in Alsace Lorraine. The 4 room, 8 […]
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Transformative experiences with contemporary art, that’s what is promised on your next trip to Napa. But what does that mean exactly? I had a chance to experience di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa and, indeed, the experience was transformative for me. But art is like that. It’s meant to spark curiosity, creativity, pleasure
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In planning a trip to Berkeley, California images of hippies, peace signs and student life at UC Berkeley come to mind. Yet there is so much more to Berkeley than the sweet smell of marijuana, incense and Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto wafting in the air. If you want to be camped in the center of the
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As you drive up California’s Highway 29, vineyard after vineyard comes into view. Napa Valley is known for its gentle rolling hills and scenic wine country vistas. It’s no wonder The Setting Inn Napa Valley has created a name for itself simply on the setting of this two-story historic farmhouse set between two vineyards. Situated
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What millennials do when they visit Carmel Carmel-by-the-Sea has always been a very special place for me. I grew up in the East Bay and we would visit my grandparents in Carmel every couple months. However, it wasn’t until I was in my twenties that I really started to appreciate all that Carmel had to
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If you’ve ever visited Graz, you know that it is the culinary capital of Austria. With a population of only 450,000, there are 14 Graz Farmers Markets in this Unesco World Heritage city. The citizens of Graz take their produce seriously, with two markets open daily. These markets have long been a tradition in
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