Here’s news from your BATW website editor, me, April Orcutt: Travelers’ Tales featured my essay “Tibetan Bargain with a Twist” on its Editor’s Choice list the week of August 15th.  The essay was published in the Travelers’ Tales anthology A Woman’s Asia (edited...

Bob Ecker has posted an article titled “Killer California Chardonnays” on his examiner.com website.

Roger Brooks, CEO of Destination Development International, in a presentation to calTIA‘s 2010 tourism conference examined the primary ingredients of change and pointed to 10 things that need to be done to survive in this “brand” new age of tourism.

[Ginny Prior's story "Great Stories to Recount From Girls' Glacier Get-Away Trip" first appeared in the Contra Costa Times.] - – - – - – - – - - There comes a time in every girl’s life when she just needs to get away. Men, it’s been said, are the reason. My getaway started...

Al Auger‘s story “Tryst with a Bandido” first ran in the July, 2010, Siliconeer. – - – - – - – - – - Al Auger writes: “The night was pitch dark, the only light our fire on the beach at San Carlos Bay.” (photo © Guaymas Tourism) The night was pitch...