Thornton Winery bills itself as Temecula’s Original Champagne House, so of course we had to go there. We had a marvelous time enjoying the wines and our wide-ranging conversations.

Seagulls and brown pelicans in Bay St. Louis give me a lesson in mindfulness reminiscent of Thoreau’s experience at Walden

A whimsical and tasteful little Christmas tree at Heathrow Airport is just right.

I wasn’t expecting a Texas-sized offering when I ordered the Scottish Beef Burger as part of an Edinburgh hotel’s set menu, but that’s what I got, along with a foodie-worthy smoked trout first course.

Bay St. Louis has sun, sand, sea and serenity galore. It was everything we thought it would be, and more.

A beautiful Mississippi sunset deserves a haiku.

A not-Cajun sandwich on a flight from Paris to London.

The biscuits at the Denver Biscuit Company are devilishly good, on a par with poetry.

If you love cookbooks, New Orleans, or Cajun-Creole food – or if you just want a good read that pulls you into a magical culinary history – you need this cookbook.

The Eiffel Tower looked new to me through the Grill-Meister’s eyes.

A twilight stroll across London’s River Thames on Blackfriars Railway Bridge and back again on the Millennium Bridge, with St. Paul’s Cathedral as a beacon.

Extraordinary architecture and skies in the La Defense section of Paris.

A video and photos of an unexpected Memorial Day weekend snowstorm in central Colorado, and a haiku to capture the feeling.

A very expressive seagull at the Santa Monica pier deserves a caption.

I wrote the haiku below a couple of years ago, after visiting Notre Dame on a business trip just a few weeks after my Dad died. Like so many people all around the world, I’m heartbroken about today’s fire that so badly damaged this beloved […]

An early morning foray into the empty streets of the city as it prepared for another day of a vibrant festival.