Just back from an Arctic expedition, John and I are still picking polar bear fur off our clothing. (Read more about our trip elsewhere in this ezine.) Your entries are due this month for the BATW Best Writing and Photography Awards 2010 as well as Planet Earth Awards. Exciting upcoming BATW events: We...

The BATW Board of Directors and all members welcome our new members: New Active Member Linda Castrone and New Associate Member Kerrie Walters of the Grants Pass Visitors & Convention Bureau We look forward to seeing you at future meetings. [Editor's note: Members can find contact information for...

Oceano Hotel Lobby (photos courtesy of Oceano Hotel) The new Oceano Hotel and Spa in Half Moon Bay — just 30 minutes from San Francisco — hosted BATW’s July 18 meeting. From the windows in the lovely Monterrey room where we met, we could see the boats at Pillar Point Harbor just across...

This is a little obscure, but it could be very important information for the really serious photographers in BATW: “Microsoft has warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 of an issue that can lead to digital pictures becoming corrupted when handled with the default image viewers available as components...

Antoinette May has got to be the most prolific writer in BATW and among writers in the country. The petite redhead has written biographies, guidebooks, history books, travel books, articles on everything from travel to ghosts. She writes the Minerva Horoscope column for Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle,...

Congratulations to Lee Foster, who has been very busy lately.  His new book The Photographer’s Guide to San Francisco: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them has been released by Countryman Press ($14.95, ISBN 978-0-88150-814-7).  The book shows how a photographer or visual adventurer...

[BATW member Katherine Bruce is living and working in Japan as a Specialist in International Humanities. She teaches, counsels, writes and edits English texts. She also has started a women’s enrichment program through her company. She writes and photographs about her daily life and travels on her blog. ...

April Orcutt‘s story and photos about chasing total solar eclipses — “Enthusiasts Chase Solar Eclipses Around the World” — ran in the Dallas Morning News on July 5th.

To Myanmar With Love Congratulations to Janice Nieder, who is a contributor to  To Myanmar With Love: A Travel Guide for the Connoisseur.  She says, “Highlighting the country’s great beauty and hospitality, this book is dedicated to the local residents whose warmth and encouragement are...

Congratulations to Bob Ecker, who has once again, published his three-part “Pamplona: Running of the Bulls” story, this time on his Examiner.com site.