Berkeley and Beyond

TRAVEL ARTICLES & VIDEOS
by Carole Terwilliger Meyers

U.S.A.

GENERAL
5 Bucket List Train Rides
5 Great Big-City Tours
6 Places To Take Sleigh Rides
Kramer's Reality Tour--for "Seinfeld" lovers
Miniature Museums
U.S. License Plate Coloring Map for Kids
Veggie Places in Northern California and the World
10 amazing restaurants housed in amazing repurposed churches
VIDEO--how to pick your teeth in a Japanese restaurant--American-style

ARIZONA
Oatman

CALIFORNIA
5 Airplane Museums Where You Can Let Your Imagination Soar
5 Castles Fit for a King and Queen
The 21 California Missions
Tioga Pass to Mono Lake & Death Valley--To Las Vegas Through the Back Door
●NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
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●SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Ayres Hotelc chain
Death Valley National Park
Palm Springs--Here and There
Twentynine Palms--Joshua Tree National Park
     SAN DIEGO Area
San Diego--Here and There
     Rosie-the-Riveter Stories
Laguna Beach--Here and There
     VIDEO--The Deck on Laguna Beach--sunset is coming
     VIDEO--Wyland Galleries--wall fountain
La Jolla--Here and There
Solana Beach--Here and There
     LOS ANGELES Area
Los Angeles--Here and There
Baker--Here and There
Brentwood--Here and There
Disneyland
Hollywood--Sometimes You Get What You Want
Pacific Palisades-Here and There
Santa Monica--Here and There
     9 Santa Monica hot spots that won’t break the bank
     NORTH to Central California
Avila Beach--Here and There
Ojai--Weekend Getaway
Pismo Beach--Here and There
Santa Clarita--Cowboy Poetry
Solvang--Here and There
      VIDEO--Ingeborg's Danish Chocolates---I Love Lucy candy machine

FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale--Here and There
     5-Hour Layover Tour at Fort Lauderdale Airport
Key West--Here and There
     Hemingway Home & Museum

HAWAII
5 Islands, 5 Grand Resorts

Big Island--Here and There
     Kona Coffee Country
     Stargazing
Kauai--Here and There
     VIDEO--Hanalei Valley--taro fields
     VIDEO--Jo Jo's Anuenue Shave Ice & Treats--making Hawaiian shave ice
     VIDEO--Kilohana Plantation--how a sugarcane juice extractor works
     VIDEO--Taro Ko Chips Factory
Maui--Dad's Story--In My Father's Footsteps: A Marine's Daughter Tracks Down Dad's World War II Hawaii
     Last Family Vacation--On the Road to Hana
Molokai--Mule Ride
Oahu--Here and There

ILLINOIS
Chicago--Here and There

LOUISIANA
6 Mississippi River plantations that are totally amazing
Baton Rouge--Here and There
Lake Charles--Here and There

MICHIGAN
Holland--Here and There
     VIDEO--Tulip Time Festival--Dutch Moederleet Singers
     VIDEO--Tulip Time Festival--klompen dancing In the streets
     VIDEO--Tulip Time Festival--more klompen dancing In the streets
     VIDEO--Tulip Time Festival--parade
Mackinac Island--Here and There

NEVADA
Las Vegas--Here and There
     Helicopter Champagne Picnic in the Grand Canyon
     S.F. Bay Area to Vegas: Through the Back Door
     The 20 best free things to do in Vegas

NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City--Here and There
     VIDEO--beach
Cape May--Here and There
     VIDEO--Hereford Inlet Lighthouse--birds flitting at feeder
     VIDEO--Historic Cold Spring Village--scroll saw or velosiped demo
     VIDEO--Mummers Parade--Duffy String Band
     VIDEO--Pet Parade
     VIDEO--Wildwood Roar to the shore--sale lot

NEW MEXICO
Acoma--Spend a Night on an Indian Reservation
Arty Taos
Las Cruces--Here and There
Mesilla

NEW YORK
NYC--Attractions
NYC--Hotels
NYC--Restaurants
     10 fun things to do in NYC’s Flatiron District
     10 essential stops on NYC’s Lower East Side
     How to see the best of the Met museum in a single visit
     Kramer's Reality Tour--for "Seinfeld" lovers
     Blue Moon Hotel
     VIDEO--Central Park--African drums
     VIDEO--Central Park--Director Dave Meyers shooting a commercial
     VIDEO--Chinatown--Chinese New Year--colorful dragon collects the goods
     VIDEO--Joe’s Pizza Counter
     VIDEO--Joe’s Pizza--how to take a pizza’s temperature
     VIDEO--Lombardi’s--on the basics of good pizza
     VIDEO--The Pickle Guys do their thing--Lower East Side
     VIDEO--Streit's Matzo Factor--Lower East Side
     VIDEO--Uniqlo flagship store--colorful mannekins dance
     VIDEO--Washington Square--jazz--a walk In the park
     VIDEO--going to the chapel, er city hall, gonna get married
Queens--Jackson Heights
     Other Areas

OHIO
Columbus--Here and There

OREGON
Here and There
Ashland--Here and There
Aurora--Here and There
Canby--Here and There
Coast--Here and There
Central Coast--Uncrowded Beaches & more
Eugene--Here and There
     VIDEO--turkey vulture chat
Grants Pass--Here and There
Highway 5--Here and There
Jacksonville--Here and There
Willamette Valley--Here and There
Portland--Here and There

SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston--Here and There
Columbia--Here and There
Edgefield--Here and There
Greenwood--Here and There
Ridge Spring--Here and There

TEXAS
Alpine--Here and There
     VIDEO--Big Bend Cowboy Church band rehearses
Amarillo--Here and There
     8 reasons why we’re obsessed with Amarillo
El Paso--Here and There
Fort Davis--Here and There
Grapevine--10 things to do downtown
Houston--Here and There
Marathon--Here and There
Marfa--Here and There
     VIDEO--"Giant" movie set as art
San Antonio--Here and There
     10 reasons to love San Antonio (including the Alamo, of course)
     10 things we think you’ll love
     VIDEO--Mariachi Azteca de America perform at Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos
     VIDEO--Mariachi Azteca de America perform at Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos--more
     VIDEO--Azul Barrientos performs at Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos celebration at Pearl
     VIDEO--Day of the Dead River Parade
     VIDEO--Day of the Dead River Parade--more

UTAH
Southern Utah--Here and There
     VIDEO-Snow Canyon State Park--flute lead-in to meditation at the vortex
     VIDEO-Snow Canyon State Park--snake weed herbal cure for allergies and arthritis

VIRGINIA
Living History Museums

WASHINGTON, D.C.
War Memorials

WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston--Here and There

WYOMING
Jackson Hole--Dog-sledding Through Wonderland

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