Barbara Sloane

Finland: Land of Attractions – Cities of Design
Design should never say “Look at me.” It should always say, “Look at this.” And so it does. A few years back, Helsinki, Finland, was chosen...
Slow Boat to Moscow: A Viking River Cruise Down the...
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” A.A. Milne (1882-1956) My sentiment exactly! As a veteran of many cruises...
Gatlinburg, Tennessee: The Mountains – and Other...
Oooh, can I try the Apple Pie? And then I want to sample the Blackberry and the Butter Pecan! Head swimming with delicious possibilities, no I was...
Between Dreamland and the Deep Blue Sea
Ever consider that the road to happiness may not be a road at all? That point was driven home forcefully when I recently cruised four of the seven...
Jekyll Island: A Retreat of History & Wonder
“Mr. Rockefeller never feels as well as when he’s enjoying the secluded and exclusive life that only this Paradise on Earth affords.” From...
Time and the Sea in Croatia
ou say you like your cruises small and intimate, not one of those gigantic “floating cities” with 5,000 – 6,000 passengers where chaos...
Hollywood’s Incomparable Star – The Diplomat Beach...
Hollywood – Florida – is a classic beach town that has been enchanting visitors since the 1920s. It features a one-of-a-kind ocean promenade...
Art & Soul: A Magical Master’s Tour from the...
he light shimmers bright and golden on a cerulean sea. The soft, warm breeze stirs the palm trees and threatens to take my napkin off into the...
The Moments You Live for Live Here: Visiting Two of...
ream Catcher extraordinaire, the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, located in Chandler, is Arizona’s only Native American-owned...
On Cannery Row, Keeping It Reel
This was the very sentiment of the men and women who worked the canneries and who braved the Pacific for its silver harvest. The sardine industry was...
Dreaming in Color: San Miguel de Allende and...
“Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colors; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.” Kahlil Gibran A most romantic, starry-eyed way of...
The Inn Above Tide – Sausalito, California
I recently visited the Napa and Sonoma, California wine regions and sampled Chardonnays and Pinots, both Noir and Grigio, as well as a bevy of other...
This Romantic Setting – Stowe, Vermont
The gorgeous lyrics of “Moonlight in Vermont,” the 1944 standard, perfectly extol the enchantment one finds here, and romantic settings abound at...
You Are Cordially Invited to Costa Baja. Winter is Not
Baja California, Mexico. One of the most famous divers to ever strap on a scuba tank, Jacques Cousteau, has called this area “the aquarium of the...
Gently down the Stream – Drifting down the...
The Danube River does, indeed, drift – for almost 1,800 miles – from the Black Forest to the Black Sea. For millennia the legendary...
Journey through the Centuries, Old Saybrook, CT...
Indeed, Old Saybrook is a journey through centuries of time. A quiet, picturesque, Colonial shore town, it’s where the River meets the Sound...