Southeast Alaska on the Island Spirit

We’re just back from a two-week adventure in southeast Alaska, and have published this photojournal (120 pages, full color, perfect-bound) to share what we discovered. You can see the entire book online by clicking here and then clicking on the...

Apulia, Italy

Discover Italy’s newest “it” destination, including Apulia’s healthful and delicious culinary and spa traditions, charming “trulli” homes, historic castles, world-class wines, olive oils, and hand-made ceramics, idyllic hilltop...

Five things I learned in my first video interview

I was interviewed by Lanka Monthly Digest – Sri Lanka’s premiere business publication – as part of their series on tourism in Sri Lanka. It was my first video interview; here are five things I learned.

Eat, Pray, Scrub

“I don’t normally swallow mysterious pills from strangers, but in Ubud I made an exception. This small-but-lively city is the health capital of Bali, and I couldn’t resist tracking down Wayan Nuriasih, one of the star healers from the book Eat, Pray, Love,...

Magical Beans

The world’s most expensive coffee is made from coffee beans that have been eaten, partially digested, and excreted by a small Southeast Asian creature called the luwak. Come along as I explore Bali, track down the paradoxical creature that produces Indonesian Kopi Luwak, and learn its secrets.

Silk from Ashes

Find out how the women in Dubrovnik, after enduring bombing, siege and starvation, were able to transmute ashes into a source of dignity and independence — with a little help from 11,640 insect eggs hidden in one courageous woman’s cleavage.