The dwarf palm tree was my friend that day. Its swaths of healthy green opened in a gorgeous five-foot-tall flourish – like a wondrous,...

Thank you to everyone who voted!!! My article called "Goin' Rogue in Spain" was voted "Fan Favorite" for the May-June issue of InTravel...

My first magical brush with the magical nation of Switzerland was surprisingly through Uruguay. It was early 2007. I flew from my New...

I am "starting" this new year by "finishing" with my third installment from my newly completed book called "this is not a memoir." I am...

“I’ll have the PANINI!” my friend wailed to me from across the scary, run-down sandwich shop in Fresno, California. We had just spent an...

During these deep, under water days of summer, my mind wanders – to places I’ve never been, to things I’ve never seen. This summer, I’m...

The below is my second blog installment from my newly completed book called "this is not a memoir." I am thrilled to share it with you. ...

The below is my first blog installment from my newly completed book called "this is not a memoir." I am thrilled to share it with you. ...

I love the U.S. Don’t get me wrong. I was born here in the '70s, grew up in a nice simple throw-back house built in the Baby Boom '50s....

“MÁS SEXY!!!” Flashback: Coconut Grove, Bayside, South Beach at night while standing outside Gianni Versace’s former mansion – with...