I’m going out on a creative limb here. Readers of The Roads Traveled know I tell stories about people, places, and passions I encounter as I travel. This post is different…more personal, more self-revealing, and maybe even more informative forRead more
Artisan Chef Adeline Borra of Terroirs by Adeline has filled a large, turquoise-tinted bowl with half a dozen breasts of pintade. The poultry is French guinea fowl, which is related to chicken. Into the deep bowl she pours – ofRead more
Unlocking the imposing, creaky door with a brass skeleton key, our guide, Jennifer, escorts us into the hushed and hallowed grounds of the Argyll Mausoleum of Historic Kilmun Church. Here, in the village of Kilmun, Dunoon, Scotland, is the finalRead more
Carlye Jane Dougherty and I are casually seated next to an exposed red brick fireplace in her charming home in historic downtown Charleston, SC. We’re sipping a perfectly chilled white wine, which helps soften the balmy afternoon air wafting inRead more
Chef Deena Chafetz of the Santa Fe School of Cooking in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is preparing fried potatoes the same way Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the 20th century’s most significant and intriguing artists, enjoyed them at her historic adobeRead more
Our friends Jan and Art are already seated at a high-top table and sipping citrusy Sauvignon Blanc in the modern barn-style tasting room of Goosecross Cellars when my husband, Bill, and I enter. We’re in Yountville, tucked away on StateRead more
Standing on a broad, tree-lined pedestrian promenade in Lucca, Italy, we’re stories high atop 40-feet-tall red brick walls. Centuries old and remarkably intact, they measure an incredible 2.5 miles long and 100 feet wide at the base. These massive walls,Read more
I’m perched 100-feet high atop an eroding and landslide-prone sandstone bluff in Santa Monica, CA. As I begin my fitness walk on this late summer morning, I’m less concerned about the possibility of the ground collapsing and sending me tumblingRead more
I’m flying, silently and leisurely at 11 mph, about 1,000 feet above the Yadkin Valley near East Bend, NC. Standing in a large rattan basket, I’m fully aware that the only thing keeping me aloft above terra firma is theRead more
Although it’s summer 2018, I’m thinking about my trip to Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, as if it’s Christmas Eve 1895. On that date, George Washington Vanderbilt welcomed family and friends for the opening of his new 175,000-square-foot country homeRead more