Category Archives: Travel
Picking paw-paws
Exploring the banks of the Susquehanna this summer, hikers may notice small trees with clusters of dull green, oblong forms the size of sweet potatoes tucked amid the leaves.
Their fruit a curio......
Set sail for Annapolis
Looking for a breezy getaway? Chart a course for Annapolis where waterfront living and gracious hospitality make for a nautical nirvana. Where the Severn River meets the Chesapeake Bay, this 18t......
Family getaway on the Youghiogheny
As spring turns to summer, when the water’s flowing and the mountain laurel is blooming, it’s the ideal time for an excursion to the Laurel Highlands, www.laurelhighlands.org. Heading just a few......
Philadelphia Flower Show’s world tour
It’s time for the overwhelming visual cacophony that is the Philadelphia Flower Show, with displays that suspend disbelief in a combination Cirque du Soleil-Mummers Parade riot of color an......
Maple-licious
Now, as the snow melts and the maple trees turn tumescent, it’s sugar-harvesting time.
Miles of plastic tubing may have replaced the traditional buckets, but the end result remains just as sweet......
Celebrating inventiveness in Baltimore
The best way to beat the midwinter blues? Take a road trip to the charm city for a sensory stimulation to carry you through until spring. A quick day trip yielded towering dinosaurs, a glam vers......
Farm Show food
Sure we know there’s great rodeo riding and sheep shearing to entertain us, rivers of poinsettias and sculpted winter-blooming garden scenes to give color to our winter-weariness, and a cacophon......
Mushroom hunting in Latvia
The last time I was in Latvia, I made it a goal to eat some of the country’s great mushrooms at as many meals as possible. A wonderful culture of forest foraging abounds, yielding wonderou......
Stockholm in seven hours
When faced with a long layover in Sweden, we relished the opportunity to sample the flavor of the country, if only an appetizer. With a bit of pre-planning, we discovered the city offers an all-......
Daylily delights
Spent the afternoon in daylily heaven. Connoisseur Jim Stauffer played the perfect host, showing off his 130 varieties planted in the front yard of his Kissel Hill home. Subject to extreme condi......