Wrangell, Alaska (photo © Nancy Belcher) Triple congratulations to Nancy Belcher, who has had three nice publications lately.  Her article “Stuffed with Surprises” ran in the Los Angeles Times on February 28, 2010, and also in the Chicago Tribune.  Her story “The Real Alaska”...

bead seller in Syria (photos © Sheila O’Connor) Congratulations to Sheila O’Connor, whose article “My Guide to Damascus” and photo ran on More magazine’s online site, more.com. ruins at Palmyra, Syria

sleigh racing at the Quebec Winter Carnival or Carnaval de Québec (photo © John Montgomery) Congratulations to John Montgomery, whose photograph of sleigh racing from the  Quebec Winter Carnival (Carnaval de Québec) was the photo of the week in Writers Marketplace.

Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California by Carole Terwilliger Meyers Congrats to Carole Terwilliger Meyers, whose Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California, beat the Johnny Depp Photo Album in sales recently at Perseus/Publishers Group West.

Susan Alcorn, who has just returned from more backpacking adventures in South America, tells us in her examiner.com column about a tamer but still “incredible” hike — the Oat Hill Mine Trail — near Calistoga.  (This outing might suit some BATW members better than following in...

San Francisco and the Bay Area received a dose of both good news and bad news last month (March, 2010). The good news is that President Obama has at last signed the Travel Promotion Act into law. With that the United Stated is equipping itself to compete in the international travel market by promoting...

Thanks go to Edward Hasbrouck, who forwarded information about the iPad.

Richard Jordan reports: I spent last September meandering around Europe as a travel writer. What if I had been able to take Apple’s newly unveiled iPad instead of a netbook and an iPhone with me during my trip?

Marc Longwood sent this intriguing information from the New York Times about censorship: Naked people… an art project. (Really): A serious documentary project describing clothes as a second skin. An interesting article about the above and censorship by Apple:

Congratulations to Bill Fink, who won the Gold Award in “Magazine Articles” category in the BATW BEST Travel Writing & Photography Awards for his delightful San Francisco Chronicle Magazine story “Magical Realism Realized in Cartagena.” - – - – - – - –...