On the Map with The Map Shop

On the Map with The Map Shop

If you think the digital age has caused printed maps and charts and those colorful spinning globes so identified with grade school classrooms to be relegated to ancient relics of an earlier time, think again. The ubiquity of smartphones andRead more

Charlotte’s Show-stopping Joan Zimmerman

Right away I realized two things about Joan Zimmerman when we first met recently for tea in Charlotte. She knows a good idea when she hears one. She also knows how to make it an even better idea. In 1959,Read more

Travel Talk with Author and Editor Pamela Fiori

Travel Talk with Author and Editor Pamela Fiori

Compose a list of people who best understand the fine art of living, travel, style, connoisseurship, and philanthropy, and Pamela Fiori’s name would have to be at the top. Fiori is the author of the best-selling In the Spirit ofRead more

Angel Oak Tree – A Heavenly Site

We’d been to Kiawah, a barrier island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, dozens of times. With its 10 mile-long pristine, unspoiled beach, Kiawah is our favorite coastal destination in the South. On all our visits, however, we’d neverRead more