Congratulations to Ginger Dingus, whose article “A Leisurely Trip by Riverboat Through the Amazon Rainforest“ (a.k.a., “Riverboat Rambler”) won the Gold BATW Best 2010 Travel Writing Award for “Best Text/Photo Combo Article.” – - – - – - –...

Congratulations (four times over, actually) to David Page for winning the Silver Award in the “Best Newspaper Article” category in the 2010 BATW BEST Travel Writing Awards for his story “Both Paradise and Safe Haven.” (photo © April Orcutt) – - – - – - –...

Karen Misuraca’s book Backroads of the California Coast Congratulations to Karen Misuraca, who won the Silver Award in the “Best Guide Books” category for her book Backroads of the California Coast (Voyageur Press).  Here is an excerpt from it. - – - – - – - –...

New member Jennie Nunn has a fun, fact-packed story — “A Night Out in Downtown Oakland” — in the February, 2010, issue of Sunset magazine.

[Editor's note: Georgia Hesse's delightful story about the Walt Disney Family Museum was written especially for the BATW ezine/website.  Thank you very much, Georgia.] Walt Disney in the early 1930s (photos © Walt Disney Family Museum) When Walter Elias Disney was born on Dec. 5, 1901, did anybody...

Cavallo Point Lodge (photos © Jay Gordon) [Editor's note: Cavallo Point was the site of the January, 2010, BATW monthly meeting.  Jay Gordon's article about Cavallo Point first appeared in his Examiner.com column.] San Francisco’s best view may not be in San Francisco; it could be of San Francisco....

[Editor's note: Ginny Prior has posted video of the Sampo Icebreaker experience and a podcast of kayaking in the Channel Islands on her website, http://ginnyprior.com.] When it comes to travel, it’s all about the list. The top ten this, the top five that…it’s almost daunting to pour through 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...

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...

[Ginny Prior's hot-air balloon story ran on contracostatimes.com on Oct. 29, 2009.] Beer-stein hot-air balloon at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta (photos © Ginny Prior) It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s the balloon boy. If ever a story captured our collective imagination — the recent...