Perhaps not ranking in fame with the fountains of Rome or the hanging gardens of Babylon, the museums of the Guadalupe valley are hard to overlook and deserve notice. As you transit the valley on either main road, you cannot help but notice the many museum signs pointing left and right down a dirt road, leaving you wondering how many …
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I was an adorable two year old when I was uprooted from my Brooklyn digs and transported to the hills of the Bronx. My parents were convinced that the altitude in the Bronx was far superior to anywhere else in New York. My Dad could never really explain this theory but he stuck by it for more than forty years. …
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Wanderlust often takes me to far flung places, yet a times, I have the throbbing desire to discover more of the good old US of A. Recently, while visiting New Orleans, I remembered that Natchez, a mere two hours away, had always pulled at my heart strings. It did not take long to discover the green line on the map …
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I was a teacher for 32 years and my husband still works nine months a year. We successfully raised our two kids and now we’re happy to get away from the frigid place we call home, Maine, for those impossible months of January, February, and March. (We don’t ski, snowmobile, ice skate, or even go sledding, so why are we …
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For a slice of tucked away, unspoiled rural life of Mexico, look no further than the fishing village of Popotla. Leaving the hustle and bustle of the free road, you turn in under the dilapidated arch adjacent to the Baja Studios. Once you reach the end of the dirt road and politely decline offers of parking, as if by magic, …
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Who sends postcards nowadays? Yet they were part of my growing years and beyond. Intended to freeze in time the moment our loved ones had visited a place they wished to share, they arrived on the wings of their affection. As one of the festivities to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Tijuana, Postales de Tijuana or Postcards de Tijuana is …
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There were originally 28 missions along the Camino Real or “Royal Road,” but today only two are still intact, and both are a fair distance south of Ensenada; in fact, they are closer to Baja Sur than our northern Baja. Between the U.S. border and Ensenada, however, there are the ruins of two other missions, and we were lucky enough …
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Driving through Tijuana on my way to the border I have crossed Avenida Niños de los Heroes many times, not to be confused with Avenue of the Heroes. But, why is there an avenue memorializing children? I learned a fascinating and sad part of Mexicoʼs history. The story has captured the hearts and minds of most Mexicans who look on …
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