Jan 29, 2011

The Savory Spoon in Ellison Bay in Wisconsin’s scenic Door County offers a variety of excellent cooking experiences.  The cooking school is located in an historic building that was a school in the late 1800s. The classes continue, but now they are cooking classes. Michael and Janice Thomas purchased and restored the building to keep its historic integrity

Jul 12, 2010

A fish boil is a must-do when in Door County, Wisconsin. It is good eating prepared with flair and fire. Many people from Norway, Iceland, and Sweden settled in Door County making their living off the plentiful fish in Lake Michigan and it is these groups that brought the fish boil concept to Door County. Basically fish boils have been a Door County happening

Nature’s mean of transport, our feet, is still the best way to explore any destination. This is particularly true for discovering the wonders which await visitors around Manhattan. Here are just two examples of what I discovered that I would have never seen if I had taken a car: An amazing art deco head just sat in the front yard of a brownstone in East

If you thought, that Wall Street is deserted after dark and on weekends when all the money-spinning worker bees have gone home, think again. The area has become very lively at all hours, with new bars, clubs and restaurants springing up everywhere. Taking advantage of this new development, Hyatt has opened the first ever hotel with an address directly on Wall

Someone who, like me, comes to New York for the first time, can probably be forgiven for thinking about a train when asked if she wants to go on the Circle Line. That term is in fact the name of a wonderful boat ride around the island of Manhattan no visitor to New York should miss, even in such low temperatures as I experienced last week. It was bitter cold,

(Kutztown, PA) Nothing tops the good old-fashion summer fun to be found at the Kutztown Folk Festival! This family-oriented festival celebrates Pennsylvania Dutch folklife, and attracted a record-setting 150,000 visitors in 2009. Now in its 61st year, the Kutztown Folk Festival is the oldest, continuing folklife festival in America. The Festival has again been