By Manning Lee Whether you’re looking for a slice of pizza on the go, calling for delivery at the hotel after a long day in the sun, or looking for a great place to go for dinner and drinks after hours, Johnny’s Pizza Pub is the place to go.Johnny’s Pizza Pub is not just pizza. It’s […]
By John T. Egan “Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide; truckin’ on down the other side.” Maybe you’ve heard “Wolf Creek Pass,” the 1970’s country song by C. W. McCall. But did you know there really is a Wolf Creek Pass and, more importantly, did you know there really is a Pagosa Springs, […]
By Chris WildgenTucked a few steps up a side “street” (or stairs, really, as are all the streets in Vernazza except Via Roma), is Ristorante Incadese, also known as da Piva. Though Vernazza is a small town of about 500, da Piva is often overlooked in favor of the more visible restaurants on the waterfront […]
By Herb Floyd ITWPA MemberHow is the flame on the Statue of Liberty related to a museum in Troyes, France, that celebrates ancient manual skills? Few artisans can match the accomplishments of Serge Pascal, master repousseur. (Repoussage, for which there is no easy English equivalent, involves hammering on a sheet of metal over a curved […]
By Bob StarinkPhoenix, Arizona is a very hot place. Temperatures are over 104 degrees daily for months. Most people who fly into Phoenix just as quickly escape north to the cooler heights of Sedona and the Grand Canyon rim. However, beyond Alison Dubois, Phoenix can provide quite a bit of entertainment if you delve beneath […]
By Nancy FrenchITWPA MemberPhotos by Gloria AppleFlying down a mountain trail over fine crushed gravel, whizzing past wildflowers and trout streams, and rumbling over old railroad trestles on a bike can be the highlight of any visitor’s trip in southwestern Virginia. The Virginia Creeper Trail, built over the bed of the former Virginia-Carolina Railroad, travels […]
By Joe B. Houchin ITWPA member Now, if you’ve never kayaked, much less fished from one, your brain is surely asking for more clarification — like, “Kayaking in the sea with a big, long fishing rod?” And if you’re visualizing those short boats resembling a cocoon that’s pointed at both ends and not much wider […]
By John KingstonHobart, the capital of Australia’s island state, is a small, comfortable city (pop. 250,000). Hobart enjoys a benign, temperate climate, and has the highest recorded annual sunshine hours of any Australian capital bar one. The weather is controlled mainly by the seas surrounding the island. Mt. Wellington, at a tad over 4000 feet, […]
By Bob Starink What do you choose to do when you only have two days on the island of Maui? We decided on ziplining and riding Haleakala.The ziplining industry has exploded in recent years. There are now ziplines in nearly every holiday destination in the world, and what was the longest zipline on Earth last week […]
By Heather ChamberlainThe sun is setting behind us as we make a sharp left turn into the hotel entrance, and we are immediately transported into a tropical oasis. We are greeted by rich emerald plants and arched palm trees that seem to bow to us as we drive down the narrow path. Just an hour […]
