Last weekend, some friends invited my family for a weekend getaway to their mountain cabin to escape the San Francisco fog. Bear Valley? It sounded familiar, but I honestly didn’t know anything about it except that it conjured images of a skis and snowboarding. And, yes, turns out that in winter this valley in the […]
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Are you visiting Redding for the first time? Below is a list of “Insider Tips” for things to see and do in the Shasta Cascade region of northern California. When I want to escape the crowds and tourists, my favorite getaway is spending a weekend on a houseboat on Shasta Lake. If this is a
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Are you visiting Door County, Wisconsin for the first time? Below is a list of “Insider Tips” for things to see and do in “The Door.” When I have a visitor from out of town, the first thing I have them experience is a fish boil and a visit to Peninsula State Park, but I
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Even though December is notoriously a busy month, I always save time to write Nancy D. Brown’s year in review. As a travel writer, I am fortunate to visit many destinations each year; 2014 was no exception. As many of you know, I specialize in equestrian and luxury travel. There’s nothing I like better than
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Last week I had the pleasure of representing What a Trip at a special event at Chez Panisse, hosted by Alice Waters and a young eco-activist/author named Emily Abrams. The occasion was the book release of Don’t Cook the Planet by 19-year-old Abrams. Waters contributed to this beautiful volume of recipes, photographs, and snippets of
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This post is sponsored by Subaru Those of us who travel with pets know that they do not want to be left behind. You would think our dog would relax when she sees us packing her dog bed and dog food into the SUV. But no, she wants to jump in the Subaru Forester so
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