We woke to another warm, sunny day in Milwaukee and breakfasted at a family diner in New Berlin – fortunately, we got seated and ordered before the after church crowd arrived and jammed the restaurant. Our first excursion of the day was the the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservancy. Distinguished by its three distinctive domes, the…
Milwaukee Brews & Boats
Today’s activities around Milwaukee center on brews and boats but first we had to fuel up for the day. We had an excellent breakfast of omelets & french toast with specialty coffee and smoothies at the Gingerbread House in Muskego, a 1885 farm house turned restaurant and wine bar. The farm house vibe was enhanced…
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
We drove up the Door Peninsula along the Lake Michigan shoreline from Manitowic, stopping briefly at the Waterfront Bar & Grille in Kewaune for a surprisingly good lunch of made from scratch soup and salad. We reached Sturgeon Bay by 3pm and drove immediately to the shipping canal. This turned out to be a disappointment….
Crossing Lake Michigan
Crossing Lake Michigan on the National Historic Landmark Ship, the S.S. Badger has been on my 89 year old dad’s bucket list, so when my niece accepted an internship in Wisconsin for the summer, this was the perfect opportunity to visit her and fulfill my dad’s wish. So on a beautiful clear morning I drove…
Chandler, Arizona
My philosophy: when traveling for work, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, no matter how many emails, voicemails and deadlines you have, take some time to explore your surroundings. So that’s how I ended up exploring Chandler and photographing some of it colorful vegetation. I was invited to be the keynote speaker at an event at Arizona State University…
Lake Erie North Shore Wine Trail, Ontario
Who doesn’t love wine tasting? How fun is it to bike from winery to winery along a magnificent Great Lake? And did I mention this was an international experience just a little over one hour away? Many of our Canadian friends highly recommended a visit to the Lake Erie North Shore Wine trail so we…
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
One of the ironies of life is that we often ignore those places that are closest to us. Although avid international travelers, years ago we purposefully decided to visit and explore the grandeur of some of the most beautiful places in the U.S. – our National Parks . So we have been on a quest…
Triple Crown
As a family, we’ve always prioritized experiences over things. Three years ago, I was wracking my brain for a special experience for my husband’s milestone birthday. I recalled that when in college, we went to the Kentucky Derby. We camped in the rain, sat in the wet infield and never saw a horse. What we…
Bran Castle, Romania
From Peles, we drove about 10 mins to a Serbian restaurant in Sinaia, Taverna Sarbului. We were starving so welcomed the large selection of food – bowls of green salad with tomatoes and cucumbers fresh off the vine drizzled with herbed olive oil, plates with assorted cold meats, cheeses and spreads, baskets of warm, thick…
Peles Castle, Romania
One can’t leave Romania without seeing its famous castles. We’d skipped seeing Peles and Bran Castles during our independent travel because we knew that Iulia from the Traveling Tulip had arranged a tour for our group. So we were up early and on the bus by 7:30am navigating the Bucharest rush hour, eventually reaching the…