A Travel Assistant

Planning a trip but not sure when to go where? Timing can make or break a vacation. I love looking ahead to plan out my year of travels. Sometimes I just randomly pick a spot but more often than not I do some research about the where and the when so I can time it just right. I may pick a place to go for weather preferences, or cultural events, or sometimes scientific reasons like Iceland's total eclipse this year (see August entry). Here's a month-by-month breakdown of some

A trip along the famed silk road from west to east.

I do love a good glass of wine. It's been said often enough that life is too short to drink bad wine and I wholeheartedly agree. There has always been a debate about old world versus new world wines and who is best at it. I personally prefer old world wines but I have had some absolutely amazing vintages out of California, a new world vintage. I've been to France (Bordeaux, Bourgogne), Italy (Tuscany, Veneto, Campania), Spain (Rioja, Mallorca), and California (Napa, Sonoma),

Nestled in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, Fallingwater stands as one of the most iconic pieces of architecture in American history. This extraordinary house, designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, doesn't simply sit near a waterfall—it hovers dramatically over one, defying convention and redefining the relationship between human habitation and the natural world. The Vision Behind the Masterpiece In 1935, Edgar Kaufmann, a successful Pittsburgh