Exceptional Scottish Breakfast Cuisine With a Southwestern Twist
Where else could you sample brilliant Scottish breakfast cuisine, with a southwestern twist, and then go play croquet in the lawn after brunch? Read on…
A Gobsmacking Sunday Brunch in Scottsdale
… with each bite their heads would slowly tilt back, their eyes would roll back, and a slight guttural mmmmm proceeded deep from within their diaphragms. Read on…
Unbelievably Beautiful Southwest Landscape Time-lapse Photography
Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.
To be honest, I don’t need to say a word. Watch this in full-screen view, turn your speakers up a bit, and prepare to be amazed! Produced by Dustin Farrell. Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.
Cheaper to Fly or Drive? There’s an App for That!
With cooler temperatures coming, we are planning to spend the last quarter of the year predominantly in the southwest. We are soon leaving for the Paso Robles wine country and one of the first questions we ask ourselves, when we are within a five-hour drive of our home, is, should we fly or drive? Answering this question [...]
Friday Travel Photo: Titanic Survivors Louis and Lola
Today’s Friday travel photograph comes not from our own personal archives, but from the national repository at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. Isn’t that just the best portrait ever? From the Library of Congress: Photo taken before the ‘orphans’ of the Titanic were fully identified. The boys are French brothers Michel (age 4) [...]
Have you Said Thanks to an Airline Today?
My dearly-departed grandmother used to read Aesop’s Fables to me in the long screen porch that was her favorite sitting place on the front of her century-old home. There has been an awful lot of complaining about the airline industry these days. As I was reading a particularly contemptuous rant today, one of Aesop’s Fables [...]
Hate Long Airport TSA Security Checkpoints? Read this.
Ever since 9/11, millions of America’s travelers have been funneled through long lines at airport TSA security check points. As a nation, we’re painfully aware that this is now an unavoidable part of travel. However, this hasn’t been without a certain amount of squawking from travelers adjusting to this intrusion into their personal privacy. Today, in an [...]
Free Computer Desktop Wallpaper Calendar for October 2011
For this month’s free desktop wallpaper calendar, I thought I would stick with a colorful floral theme. I shot this photograph in Seattle’s Volunteer Park. Click here to download your free desktop wallpaper calendar for October 2011. We hope you enjoy, and remember, please don’t keep us a secret. Please refer our website to your [...]
Bing Offers New Airport Maps
Microsoft’s Bing announced today that it is now offering new airport maps on their popular venue Bing Maps. The new airport maps give you everything you need to navigate your way through your travels. Airport maps include information on parking garages, ticket counter location, terminals and gates, baggage claims, currency exchange and more! You’ll also [...]
LA’s Nickel Diner: Great Food and Home-made Pop Tarts
A most delightful downtown Los Angeles diner. But, she had me at “home-made pop tarts”! Read on…
