Dick Jordan notes that his Tales Told From The Road travel blog has moved from its home on Blogger to its own domain: www.TalesToldFromTheRoad.com.  The blog has a new look and new content.  Weekly features include armchair travel, travel essays, updates on the travel news and destination stories appearing...

There is light at the end of the tunnel, according to Caroline Beteta, President & CEO of the California Travel & Tourism Commission (CTTC).  Emerging from the darkness of 2009 when the State of California recorded negative results in tourism arrivals and tourist spending,  the outlook for...

Dear BATW Friends, Here is a somewhat hopeful sign that creators of content can actually survive and earn a dollar or two in the new publishing environment. – Lee Foster

Thanks go to Dick Jordan for pointing out David Page‘s posts on Matador about “The Future of Freelance Journalism.“  This link is for part 1, which begins: “Is there one? Decidedly yes. But it may not be all summer breezes, free wine and chocolate-covered strawberries. In the...

Jennie Nunn‘s fun article about Pasadena ran in Sunset magazine in March, 2010.  She included lots of tidbits such as what it’s famous for (Craftsman-style homes, the Rose Bowl), what it should be famous for (Albert Einstein lived there), unexpected shopping locations and “3 more Pasadena...

Don and Ann Jackson‘s lovely homage to Sausalito, “Sausalito: Beauty and the Bay,” ran in the May, 2010, issue of San Joaquin magazine. It begins: “This eclectic community with over 200 art galleries and shops combine with those breathtaking views has always had an almost magnetic...

Nancy Hoyt Belcher‘s article “The Real Alaska” was published in the March, 2010, issue of Highways Magazine.  Her story begins: Wrangell/St. Elias National Park, Alaska (photo © Nancy Hoyt Belcher) “After years of feeling jealous when friends raved about their bear sightings...