Foodies

Hiking and culinary adventures in Vancouver

After a great trip to Oregon in 2022 for Juneteenth holiday, we decided to repeat it this year. With a new destination this time: Vancouver. We expanded it from Hiking for wine in Oregon. to a weekend of hiking and culinary adventures in Vancouver. Shannon waterfalls and Sea to the...

Picnic En Blanc: A Night Of Friends, Food And Fun

The Best Picnics ever! A beautiful August evening in Redwood City, California. Hundreds of people, all dressed in white, gather in the parking lot of Canada College for a yearly tradition: le diner en blanc. This one is called "Picnic en blanc". But it is the same thing, a worldwide...
Roundwood

Hiking The Wicklow Way – This Is How We Do It

The Wicklow Way During one of our regular hikes in California, we realize that several of us will be in Europe this summer. One of the hikes that we had on our list, was the Wicklow Way in Ireland. Spontaneously, we decide to try to do it while we are all...
Ferry

Escaping the heat of New York City – Fun Way To Keep Cool

I am visiting New York in July. It is hot and humid. On the first day, we brave the heat and walk in Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge to DUMBO. However, on Sunday, Andrea suggest we go to Governors Island to escape the heat of New York City. Fun...
Willamette National Forrest

Hiking for wine in Oregon

A Hike To Remember I am in The Netherlands in May, when my friend Vanessa sends me a text. Do I have June 20 off? I tell her I don't but I can take it off. She has a credit for airline tickets and wants to go somewhere for the...

California Dreaming: Crab and Mead wine

The Marin headlands are just a little north of the metropolitan city of San Francisco, but once you pass the Richmond bridge and drive on the narrow winding roads of Marin Headlands, you enter a totally different world of sleepy country side, rolling hills covered in wild flowers, cows,...

3 Delicious Days Nantucket

  The little 8-person plane from Cape Air flies me from Boston to Nantucket. It is a short 45-minute flight. Before I know it, I am in a taxi on my way to our hotel. Excited I point out The Club Car, The Juice Bar, Steamboat Pizza, and moments later...

A Culinary Adventure Exploring SoCal

  When I got an offer from Marriott Vacation club for a three night stay in their Newport Coast Villas, we turned it into a culinary adventure, exploring SoCal. I had been to Newport once on a business trip and had always wanted to go back. We started our culinary...

Little Treasures Of The Bay Area Worth Trying

One of the silver linings of Corona is that hiking became the highlight of our weekend. Due to the frequency of our hikes, I started looking for new trails. As a result, we have discovered so many great trails all over the Bay Area since 2020. One area that became...

Caymans: Swimming With Stingrays And Turtles

When we looked for a warm place to ring in the New Year, we discovered the beautiful unspoiled east and north side of Grand Cayman island. The picture I had of the Caymans, was one of money and sophistication, a playground for the rich with a lot of high-end stores,...