Everyone has their own passion. Mine is music. With my wife, it is photography and food. Thus it was that we conceived a trip up the Mississippi Delta as an exploration of the cradle of blues and jazz, accompanied by visual stimuli and generous samplings of the local cuisine. The plan was to make our way from New Orleans to Memphis via Highway 61 in a car…the same way thousands migrated north (Read more)

The imposing buffalo glared, his angry eyes and horns lit by the Maasai escort’s flashlight. “Yi-yi-yi!” shouted the Maasai, shaking his flashlight violently. The buffalo stood motionless. “Yi-yi-yi!” The buffalo lunged in our direction and stopped. Again, the Maasai shouted, waving his flashlight, and the buffalo sauntered off into the night. It was now safe to enter our room at the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge...(Read more)

Soaking in a warm mineral hot spring in Desert Springs, California surrounded by stonework and stained glass beneath a canopy of palm trees, one’s sense of time and the outside world quickly evaporates. It’s possible to spend an entire stay at Two Bunch Palms in one of their plush terrycloth robes, and the resort’s low-key ambiance, wonderfully therapeutic hot springs and extensive massage ... (Read more)