Many thanks to Karen Misuraca for telling us what’s happening with Bob Bone: Bob Bone is recovering nicely from December 7th open-heart surgery to replace a heart valve. From Bob: “To the many kind folks who have asked: the surgery was a textbook success. The recuperation period, however,...

The Country Brand Index (CBI) released by FutureBrand reveals that the United States is the world’s top country brand for the first time in five years since the Index was launched, rising from third spot in 2008. Yet it has not resulted in greater overseas travel to the country, and 2009 was the...

A street vendor dressed as Father Christmas plays carols outside the Royal Residence in Munich, Germany (photos © Donna Peck) Donna Peck‘s destination story “Celebrating Christmas in the Alps” first ran in the Nob Hill Gazette in December, 2009. - – - – - Christmas provides...

Walt Disney Family Museum (photo © John Montgomery) BATW marked the advent of the festive season with the final meeting of its 2009 calendar at a celebratory luncheon on December 5 at the Walt Disney Family Museum, in the Presidio of San Francisco. Some 70 Bay Area travel writers and photographers were...

Actor Lorne Greene's Midcentury-Modern home and pool in Palm Springs (photo © John Montgomery) There is a unique place tucked away in the California desert where modern architecture is haute. It is a place where a group of devotees of midcentury modern design is helping a remote town with a checkered...