My husband and I were invited to Portland, Oregon to attend a wedding, but it was called off days before the event. Lured by the promise of fresh Northwest air, tasty beer and plentiful vintage clothing boutiques, we decided to make the trip, anyway. We felt bad for our friends but — truth be...
I wish I could say my husband and I went to Trieste to see its glittering jewel, the Piazza dell’Unita D’Italia, or to sample its unique Bavarian-Italian cuisine. Yes, the Piazza, Trieste’s main square, was lovely and the food alone worth the trip. But the truth is that our discovery of this oft-overlooked port...
It's grape harvest time in central Europe and that means wine festivals and sticky-sweet new wines like burcak. Never heard of it? Head to the Czech village of Mikulov and you'll find plenty of this pumpkin-colored elixir, along with costumed locals and tipsy tourists reveling in the streets during the 40-year-old Pálava Vine Harvest...
JoAnn Greco considers how some of her favorite cities have been portrayed in some of her favorite movies.
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