
Exploring French Polynesia on a Dream Yacht Worldwide Catamaran
By Brian E. Clark When Davis Hansen was growing up in Pasadena, Calif., he earned a small-boat sailing merit badge from the Boy Scouts. And until recently, the 33-year-old said he was interested in learning how to sail a bigger boat. But after his most recent trip, a seven-day outing

The Brooklyn Community That Grew Up on a Ridge over the Bay
By Marian Betancourt Gilded Age tycoons sailed their yachts from Manhattan across the harbor to tie up along the Bay Ridge shore in Brooklyn. This unique part of our city has single-family homes on tree-lined streets with rolling lawns, parks for walking and biking along the shore, a golf course, and

Italy, Off The Beaten Path: The Many Faces Of Puglia
By Ann Abel People tend to talk about Puglia as if it’s just one place—the heel of Italy’s boot, a place of ancient olive trees, whitewashed masserie, the domed little hobbit homes called trulli. It’s a place that celebrates family, slow living, and long lunches under the Adriatic sun. That

The Indigenous-Owned Ecolodge Preserving Ecuadorian Communities
By Susan Portnoy To say I was intrigued when I first learned about Kapawi Ecolodge in Ecuador is an understatement. What I heard ticked all the right boxes. Imagine an intimate ten-cabin eco-lodge hidden beneath a canopy of pristine rainforest in a remote region called the Amazon Sacred Headwaters. A

Whistler Beyond the Boundaries
By David Goodman I came to ski. But first, I had to stare. I got off the Peak Express chairlift at Whistler Blackcomb, mouth agape, and took in the scenery. A magnificent landscape of snow, ice and rock sprawled for as far as I could see. Directly in front of

Bloomington, Indiana: A Delightful University Town
By Brian E. Clark In the 1979 bicycling and coming-of-age movie “Breaking Away,” the star’s father walks with his son around Indiana University in Bloomington and muses about some of the handsome limestone structures he helped build. While some things have changed in Bloomington since that film was made more than 40

The Surf Club Still Provides the Ideal Florida Getaway
By Steve Jermanok Heading north of Miami Beach on Collins Avenue, most first-time guests to the Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club drive right past the building, thinking it’s just another high-rise condo. There is no large sign, just an inconspicuous plaque attached to the entrance, which only

Discovering Tasmania’s Food & Wine Bounty
By Everett Potter It’s a good day when you’re perched at a table overlooking the Tasman Sea, eating a delicious lobster roll while scanning the adjacent rocks for little penguins, fur seals and passing Southern Right Whales on their way to and from Antarctica. In many ways,
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