by Marybeth Bond | May 13, 2015 | Ohio, Cultural Exploration, Travel
Cleveland is in the news. I grew up in Akron, Ohio and Cleveland has changed a lot since I was a kid. A world-class arts and culture scene Today, visitors to Cleveland will find a vibrant culture scene in opulent vaudeville-style theaters and former industrial...
by Marybeth Bond | Mar 29, 2014 | Palm Springs, Palm Springs, Cultural Exploration, California
Truth be told I didn’t expect to be so spellbound by Sunnylands. The name put me off. I rather expected a Hollywood set. The 200-acre historic estate, located in Rancho Mirage, CA near Palm Springs, is quite the opposite; filled with priceless art, gorgeous gardens,...
by Marybeth Bond | Mar 11, 2014 | NORTH AMERICA, Cultural Exploration, California, Dining, San Francisco, Featured, Travel
Despite its reputation for dizzying hills, San Francisco is a town for walking. Every weekend for seven years when I lived in San Francisco, I laced up my comfiest walking shoes and headed for varied neighborhoods and parks. Try a few of these walks and you too will...
by Marybeth Bond | Mar 1, 2014 | Women Travel, Cultural Exploration, Family, Peru
Mother/Daughter Travel We thought we were prepared, but we really weren’t. Our first glimpse of the colossal pre-Columbian city, standing regally under a piercingly blue sky, moved us emotionally and physically. We were both surprised by our reaction to the...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 15, 2013 | Burma / Myanmar, Cultural Exploration, ASIA, Featured
When I traveled to “Burma” for the first time, an iron-fisted militant government ruled and people were suffering from the horrors of one of the longest running civil wars in history. Myanmar has been slowly emerging from a prolonged era of isolation...