Emma Krasov

California Culinary Festivals: Global Flavors, Foraged Feasts, Local Events

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Lucky to live in the agriculturally blessed Golden State, we take our food rather seriously. Scratch a fit and trim California dweller and you’ll find a f…

Best of the Alps: Courmayeur

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov What to do at a ski resort in the heat of summer? This question might sound senseless to skiers and snowboarders. They’d say, not much! It might sound sen…

Recommended: Ultimate Pintxos & Wine Tour in San Sebastian with Devour Tours/Walks

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov For an American tourist, discovering San Sebastian, Spain, is a mighty royal affair. Beautiful wide boulevards, endless avenues lined with chestnut and li…

Nick’s Cove, California’s Destination for Seafood and Fun Since 1931

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov. An opulent Nick’s Cove Legacy & Renewal Celebration unfolded on the last Sunday of August on the shores of Tomales Bay in West Marin, California. Nic…

In San Francisco Bay Area, Comfort Food Takes Center Stage

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov San Francisco and its environs have long been known for multi-cultural cuisines and culinary innovation. With a focus on locally sourced, farm-to-table, s…

Garden Clubs Help Build and Beautify Greenville, South Carolina

By Bonnie & Bill Neely Carolina Foothills Garden Club led an effort to establish Falls Park beginning in 1967 and persuaded the city to move the four-lane vehicular bridge which covered the Ree…

In a Melting Pot of San Francisco Cuisines

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov. For the enormous amount of ethnic cuisines that constitute the fabric of San Francisco’s restaurant scene there’s a relatively small number of eateries t…

Segal Music Museum Deemed in Top Worldwide

By Bonnie Neely When our son, TV and film composer Blake Neely, was in Greenville, SC, during holidays recently, we had the privilege of a private tour of the Sigal Music Museum, guided by the Arti…

Culinary Cruises on Holland America Line Make a Dream Vacation Come True

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov A lively, chatty crowd that gathered by the water’s edge at the Port of San Diego, California, was actually a queue, divided according to each group of pa…

Nomad Land For Real

by Bonnie Neely Our new year in the RV in Los Angeles began with our journey to see the human snowbirds who migrate to winter in the warm desert at Quartzsite, Arizona. It was a little town of abou…

Merced to Yosemite: from El Capitan to El Capitan           

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Entertainment news from a century ago gushed over Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford—the original Hollywood “royal” couple—“registered at the El Capitan …

West of Sicily, and a bit of Palermo

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov. Just like goddess Venus, the island of Sicily arrived from the sea foam under our airplane’s wing in all its mature glory. It grew closer, gained distinc…

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