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There's a certain serenity to sipping a glass of fine sangiovese wine while watching the sunset when you're sitting beneath cascading wisteria vines in full bloom that pour from the entire 70-foot frontage of a wine-tasting patio pergola. The setting is the Palumbo Family Vineyards and Winery in Southern California's Temecula Wine Valley in ...Read more

Gullah-Geechee heritage is unique to South Carolina, and a visit here is a fascinating way to learn about the people who grew world-famous Sea Island cotton on plantations in the lower part of the state. From here they shipped it to Europe from the 1700s until the Civil War. Now the historic area of the plantation cotton farms has been ...Read more

Pedaling along the boardwalk to the rhythmic whoosh of the breaking waves, first on a tricycle and then on a bike, is among my favorite childhood memories. And boardwalks still make me happy. They add fun to the classic American idyll of sun, sand and sea. Two of my favorite East Coast boardwalks unfurl in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Miami ...Read more

Walking home to our apartment in Venice, we shared a wave through the window with the owner of Baba, our local osteria. When we left for a day of sightseeing, a cup of my favorite pistachio gelato awaited me, despite the early hour. Later, at the Bar Dugole, we relaxed after a day of sightseeing and ordered the regular: vodka for my husband and ...Read more