Hong Kong Farmer’s Market – Photo courtesy of Crossroads Foundation – flickr One of my favorite pursuits when traveling is visiting the local Farmers Markets to get an authentic, sensory feel of my destination. Here I can discover fresh local produce, sampling and tasting as I saunter along from vendor to vendor, smiling while the […]
Brazil
C is for Catching Carnival Fever in Rio
Souvenir Postcard Simply put, there’s no adequate way to prepare for the over-the-top spectacle of Rio’s famous 5-day bacchanal celebration. Leading up to the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Brazil’s most famous festival celebrates life on a grand scale, compensating for the Christian faithful’s fasting in the days ahead. WanderBoomer, before Carnival I had […]
Gauguin Pays a Visit to Seattle
Woman with a Mango, Paul Gauguin, 1892 Lucky Seattle to have scored the current featured exhibit at The Seattle Art Museum (SAM), Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise. What a lovely way for visitors to wile away a cloudy afternoon (as suggested in my last post). I came away feeling so enriched by the dazzling […]
3 Easy Ways to Keep Wanderlust Alive
How do restless wanderers fuel their travel lust when not in motion? While between trips recently, here’s where you might have spotted me at home away from home: At the Opera Where better than the opera to get your cultural, artistic and aesthetic fix all in one place? Just give me a passionate, happy-ever-after or […]
Thank You, Oprah!
Photo courtesy of Story Accents – flickr I know. You’re wondering what on earth could Oprah possibly have to do with this travel blog – besides the fact that she’s a Wander Boomer who likes to travel (Can you say “Australia” anyone?). But Oprah represents so much more than that to this Wanderboomer. We grew […]
Shopping for Souvenirs
At this stage of our lives, we Boomers are ready to pare down our possessions and get rid of the clutter taking up space in our basements and garages, aren’t we? We’re ready to be footloose and fancy free and don’t want to be weighed down by stuff we don’t need. But does this mean […]