J The Travel Authority

As we continue to self-isolate, many of us crave connections with others more than ever, to recapture some of the intimacies we had in ...

For all of you who enjoy following my travels, I just came out with a line of  all-occasion greeting cards displaying my landscape, natur...

Right in time for the holiday season, I'm now accepting orders for my 2015 wall calendar. This 12-month calendar features 33 of my lands...

With summer vacations on the horizon, how do you choose an adventure-based trip? After all, you don't want to end up on a hiking trek t...

Ever wonder why I rarely if ever carry a purse? What made me fall in love with Spain, Portugal and Israel? What makes Washington state's...

Any trip to Israel isn't complete without a visit to Yad Vashem , the country's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in...

Whenever I've been in a classroom listening to a history lesson, I have to admit that it couldn't have been more boring. It all came...

Hiking and walking are two of my favorite activities when I'm traveling. It's a way to get intimate with the landscape. And though I...

As I mentioned yesterday , until December 15, I'll be doing something a little different here. Each day, I'll have a short post (eit...

Though I've posted extensively on my trips to Israel , Pat Boyle at the Travel Show on KPAM 860 radio in Portland, Oregon recently inte...

You may not know it but I'm a bit of a science geek. No wonder, considering I was originally trained as a biologist. And I found plenty ...

No matter where I looked in Tel Aviv, I found my senses constantly stimulated by the eclectic- and Bauhaus-style as well as contemporary arc...

I promised more postings about my recent trip to Israel. These are some of the venues where I chilled out from my usual high-adrenalin wande...

As a native New Yorker, it's hard to imagine living any other place in the U.S. What city could rival New York's vibrancy and creati...