For the third time now, beginning just after Covid receded enough to allow for international travel to resume safely, we are partnering with a bright, energetic genealogist and author who specializes in the histories of many of the French families found in Central Louisiana. It's always interesting to encounter someone who knows more about you - than you do! I'll never forget the story a brother of mine from the Marine Corps shared with me: His parents are of Irish descent,

Dear Peter, Traveling makes men wiser, but less happy. When men of sober age travel, they gather knowledge, which they may apply usefully for their country, but they are subject ever after to recollections mixed with regret—their affections are weakened by being extended over more objects, and they learn new habits which cannot be gratified when they return home. Young men who travel are exposed to all these inconveniences in a higher degree, to others still more serious, and

Dating, travel, Bergamo, and a pasta dish worth finding.

A short story about my discovery of Rossan Knitwear and finally visiting their small, family-run business and store.

For the last two weeks, I have been poring over a WWI tour for a truly special group of clients. These guys are/were at the peak of their...

Since the days of my youth, growing up in Belgium, I have been fascinated with war... We had a German bunker in our neighborhood that we...

Writing this note from a little mattress with a Cinderella fitted sheet, on the floor of the daughter's bedroom of a dear friend of...

Between growing up in abroad and having been living in, traveling, and running tours in Europe for the past 7 years, I thought I would do...

I got a text message this morning from a friend of mine on the heels of the Brussels attack. No Europe for me... This crap is going to...

A Letter to the Members of Save our Circle - and Americans at Large: My father was a giant Robert E. Lee fan. He nearly named my brother...