Kensington: The Girliest Palace in London!
By Kate MaharDiana’s dresses, blushing debutantes and mannequins posing in court dress set the stage for the distinctly feminine appeal of London’s Kensington Palace. From now through the end of January 2010, two very special exhibitions make this fairytale palace a must-see for female visitors to London in the year ahead. Kensington Palace most recently…
Discover Your Frontier Spirit: Floating the Colorado River at Lees Ferry
By Julia Drake High, dry, and lonesome, the valley stretches north into endlessness. East and west, sun-burnt sandstone cliffs and red-rock canyons rise into the crisp blue sky as the deserted two-lane highway meanders through a landscape of golden sagebrush, willows, and cottonwoods. Once called “a portion of Earth’s original paradise,” here at Lees Ferry,…
Rich Answers Common Reader Photo Questions
My stint as guest editor here is coming to a close. I’ve received lots of emails over the course of the week with questions about photography and our upcoming photo workshop in New Orleans. So before I sign off, I wanted to answer a few of the ones that came up most frequently… ** Q.…
Featured Publication: AAA Southern Traveler
AAA Southern Traveler offers two big pluses for your photographic career. First, it has huge recognition factor, yet it’s an approachable publication, where you have a real shot at getting accepted. And secondly, down at the bottom, you’ll find the steps to take in making your submission…
Rich Wagner’s Take on AWAI Photo Workshops
I’m not a big fan of goodbyes. “See you later” is my exit of choice. But like it or not, my week as guest editor at The Right Way to Travel has come to an end. Before I sign off, though, let me give you my take on AWAI’s Photography Workshops. Even though I’m one…
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…
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