It was a lot of long van rides through the desert and its summer heat in the quest of finding the Pueblos Magicos, Magic Towns, of Mexico. The Pueblos Magicos are 35 towns in Mexico that are promoted by the tourism board as having history, culture and beauty making them ideal stops for travelers looking [...]

This Saturday night, I will be giving a chat about what I love to do most, travel and write. The talk will be at VIVA Gallery, 13261 Moorpark Street, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 for the California Writers Coalition at 6:45, http://www.meetup.com/Writers-Coalition/calendar/12681057/. I hope to help budding travel enthusiasts how to write about travel better and [...]

In honor of the Bachelor and its spine-tingling conclusion and gossip-filled aftermath, this week’s favorite photo comes from St. Lucia, a fun little country in the Caribbean, which is also my inspiration for In The Know Traveler [for the Story of ITKT]. For the record, people only told me about what happened on the Bachelor. [...]

Stockholm is one of the cleanest, safest and most photogenic cities in the world. These photos are from my second visit to Sweden, which includes meandering through a wonderfully preserved old town, pedaling through charming Djurgården, bombarded by riches at the king’s palace at Drottningholm and speed boating through the Stockholm’s archipelago (wet-suited insanity and [...]

I just watched a video on the Guardian about a man who was arrested and detained for his amateur photography. I have to admit, it is just plain creepy. The video shows a seemingly innocuous day of taking photos that becomes a matter for the paddy wagon.
While the photographer may have made some questionable choices [...]