By the looks of this fantastic Jurassic landscape carpeted in Scottish green grass, the Quiraing could be part of Middle Earth, the Lord of the Rings continent replete with large scale mountains, valleys and coasts bordered by the undying lands and the land of the dead. And yet the minute you step on the trail, you [...]
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The movie Anna Karenina may be set in St. Petersburg but it was mostly shot in England. Luckily we live an hour away from the house that was used as Count Vronsky’s apartments in the movie, the National Trust 17th century property Ham House. When I read about an exhibition featuring costumes from the movie, [...]
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My favorite Santa lives with Buddy the Elf at the North Pole or in Lapland, where elves build toys in white-washed Scandinavian cottages and eat candy canes year round. Yes it’s common knowledge the real Santa lives in a snowy landscape surrounded by elves. That’s why I’ve never been fond of seedy Santas waiting for [...]
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A jar of Swanton Berry Farm‘s olallieberry jam is all you need at breakfast to wake up with a smile. A visit to Swanton Berry Farm in Davenport is all you need to appreciate this stretch of California coast dubbed the Slow Coast - as in, how to take our sweet time to find what’s good [...]
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For a taste of Mediterranean summer and sun, I asked Lynn Millar, a Sonoma writer, about her favorite hikes along winery road trips in Sonoma. Lynn blogs at Walking in Sonoma County, a blog that details over 80 different short flat walks in the county as well as flat walks from San Diego to Yosemite to Redding, while Lynn goes on vacation with her husband Mike, the site photographer.
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