Green Retreat on Caribbean Blue: Staying at The Costa Rica Treehouse Lodge
By JoAnn Takasaki“Just don’t tell too many people about this place, okay?” asked a guest hopefully at the Costa Rica Tree House Lodge. Funny he should ask that, since The Guardian named it number one of Five Best Tree Houses in the World in 2005. The word, as they say, is out. Despite its discovery…
Río Piedras Market: Something Different in San Juan
By Erik SchafferVisualize a Caribbean island. Warm sea breezes, an azure sky with cotton candy clouds lazing over the horizon, rustling palm trees, fragrant tropical air. Soothing tones from ceramic wind chimes drift from wooden balconies above blue cobbled streets. We’re in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Atmospheric without a doubt, but staying within the old…
From A Box of Cucumbers to Rows of Star Apples, Jackfruits, and Kumquats: The Story Behind Florida's Finest Fruit Stand
By Jeanina BartlingIt worked in 1959 when Robert was six years old, and it still works today—a road-side sign that reads, “Robert Is Here.” Today’s sign is larger and more dignified than the first spray-painted red letters that drew crowds to a plywood table set up on a corner in Homestead, Florida. “My dad was…
The Only Henniker on Earth
By Eric TallbergIn a small New England village some 11 miles west of Concord, New Hampshire, over traditional white clapboard houses, country lanes, farms and forests, church steeples still ring parishioners to Sunday services. To visit the town of Henniker is to visit the only Henniker on earth. In addition to its unique moniker and…
Switzerland’s “Valais Girls” Fight to Win
By Anita Breland Muscular cows sporting well-worn collars trot into a makeshift arena, where they snort and pummel the ground into roils of dust, bells clanging. When the head-butting begins, she who turns away loses. “Huit, evacuée!”—Number eight, you’re out! The Combats des Reines (fights of the queens), held in Switzerland’s Valais canton since the…
Featured Publication: Women’s Running Magazine
An exciting new opportunity has opened up for freelancers interested in writing about running, fitness, and travel. Formerly titled Her Sports + Fitness, Women’s Running magazine published its first bi-monthly edition this month (January 2009) and greatly encourages freelance submissions.
January’s Photo Challenge Theme: What’s Your Resolution?
Scroll down for this month’s Photo Challenge Theme… Remember, as a reader of this newsletter, you’re invited to take part in our monthly Photo Challenges for a chance to win the yearly Grand Prize of $2,000! There is no purchase necessary to enter… no fee for registering… and you don’t have to buy anything to…
Reader’s Photos Published in New York Times
Fellow reader Elizabeth Chute started the Turn Your Pictures into Cash Program about two years ago. Since then, she has sold her photos to some pretty impressive publications. Here’s the note she sent us… ————————– Dear Lori, I haven’t written in quite a while, but thought I should bring you up to date on what…
Photo Tip: How to Take Brilliant Snow Photos
Here in the Pacific Northwest, this holiday season brought us a winter wonderland. And, looking through the entries for this month’s Photo Challenge, I see it’s snowing all around the U.S., too. Venturing out with my camera to capture the snow, I was reminded of how tricky it can be to shoot for good results,…
Holiday Tip #11 – Wet Electronics Solution: Rice
One common travel mishap is dropping your camera or phone in water. Here are some quick fixes in case your camera, cell phone, or other electronic devices accidentally get wet and stop working when you’re traveling, or at home.
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