Jennie Nunn‘s fact-filled article “Southwest Weekend: Day Trip Arizona — Bisbee” ran in Sunset magazine in February, 2010.  Her article begins: “Why go now: Get a dollop of small-town nostalgia—and some of the best vintage shopping in southern Arizona to boot. Vibe:...

Nancy Hoyt Belcher‘s article “Foodie Paradise in Berkeley” ran in the Los Angeles Times on Feb. 28, 2010. Her story also ran in the Chicago Tribune. - – - – - – - – - - Welcome to the city Gourmet Ghetto, where the California food movement got its start. Decades...

We’re in the Middle East. Our beautiful new BATW directories, thanks to Marc Longwood and Hal Hammond for producing them, and Monica Conrady for handling distribution, will again be available at the May BATW meeting for members to pick up their copy. After that, we will arrange mailing. They have...

BATW Members: Thanks to excellent work by Ginny Prior, press trips are now listed in the Members-Only (log-in) section of the website.  Here’s how to find them: Log-in to the website. Under the words “Members Only Area” there is a black bar.  Click on the word “Services,”...

Lee Nelson reports that the BATW Board of Directors’ meeting minutes are now posted on the Members Only (log-in) section of the BATW website under “Services.”

Many, many thanks go to Natalie Galli for writing up this information from the April BATW meeting:

Here is an excerpt from Laurie McAndish King‘s charming story “Big Cats, No Guns,” which won the Silver Award in the “Best Travel Article or Essay for Planet Earth” in BATW’s 2010 Planet Earth Awards.  Congratulations, again, Laurie. - – - – - –...

David Page asks: What’s one skill every photographer needs? He said “another line of work,” but that didn’t make the cut. Interesting answers here, though: http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/whats-the-one-skill-every-travel-photographer-needs-to-develop/

Big congratulations to Edward Hasbrouck, who testified to members of the European Parliament in Brussels at a hearing April 8th about the use of European airline reservation data by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Lee Foster was asked to speak at the Commonwealth Club about “Apps and the Future of Publishing” on April 12, 2010. The program was part of a member-education panel on “Self-Publishing: Tutorials from the Trenches.” The Commonwealth Club is a special San Francisco institution devoted to civic...