Wake Up to all Five Senses at the Desert Lily

Wake Up to all Five Senses at the Desert Lily

by on January 25, 2011 in Destination, Where to Stay?

It’s no secret I am not normally a morning person. It often requires special circumstances for me to wake before 9am. But if anything can alter my standard behavior it’s Mother Nature. And she did during my visit to Joshua Tree. During my travels to Joshua Tree National Park I enjoyed the desert scenery, the […]

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Sunset Sunday – La Jolla, California

Sunset Sunday – La Jolla, California

by on January 23, 2011 in Sunset Sunday

After a November on the left coast with adventures both north and south of the border, I wanted to spend my last afternoon taking in the sunset. So, before heading to the airport and the red-eye back to New York I stopped in La Jolla on the California coast. I set up a late lunch […]

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Surf’s Up in the Land of Smiles – Thailand

Surf’s Up in the Land of Smiles – Thailand

by on January 20, 2011 in Beach, Destination

On any journey, I always search for a place to surf. As I mentioned in last week’s Beach Thursday post, when I hear “beach,” I think ‘surf’ or ‘ocean.’  And when traveling to Asia, I knew about the beaches, but I didn’t know about the surf outside of Indonesia. I researched and discovered a beach […]

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Sunset Sunday – Columbia, South Carolina

Sunset Sunday – Columbia, South Carolina

by on January 16, 2011 in Sunset Sunday

After five fun filled days loaded culinary delights, charming walks and a wild weekend of college football, my trip to South Carolina had just one more evening.  Earlier in the week, I watched a warming sunset from the Charleston waterfront and this night, I decided to see if I could find a sunset in Columbia. […]

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The Pearlz inside South Carolina Oysters

The Pearlz inside South Carolina Oysters

by on January 14, 2011 in Culture Thru Cuisine

After a ninety-minute bus tour of Charleston (available at the Visitors Bureau), I asked the very knowledgeable driver for dining recommendations. He provided a few. I sampled them, but I never had the chance to visit one- Pearlz Oyster Bar. I thought next time. Then when talking with John over my crab cake at the […]

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A Slice of New York in Charleston

A Slice of New York in Charleston

by on January 13, 2011 in Culture Thru Cuisine

On King Street a gentleman stated, “pizza by the slice.” I stopped. He extended his hand to give me a pamphlet. Puzzled, I thought was “by the slice” really a novelty or a selling point? I guess with the American restaurant scene becoming a “chain nation,” it’s true. A single slice might actually be hard […]

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Salkehatchie and the Beaches on the Savannah River

Salkehatchie and the Beaches on the Savannah River

by on January 13, 2011 in Beach, Destination

If I played the word association game with “beach,” my first thoughts might be either “surf” or “ocean.” I’d rarely think “lake,” and might never think “river.” Yet during a visit to the Salkehatchie region of South Carolina I enjoyed some brief, but memorable beach moments along the Savannah River. Ninety minutes north of the city […]

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Charleston Crab House is much more than a good Crab Cake

Charleston Crab House is much more than a good Crab Cake

by on January 12, 2011 in Culture Thru Cuisine

After a taste of the savory barbeque and the classic of shrimp and grits one item still existed on my personal Charleston ‘must eat’ list: crab cakes. So where better to eat a low country pan seared cake of goodness then the Charleston Crab House. With the first steps inside the restaurant the mood was […]

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