Wilmington, NC and its beaches: Feel the strength of the labor of love A big thank you to the Wilmington and Beaches CVB for hosting this trip so I could provide this detailed review of my experience. I first visited Wilmington, NC in… Bruce Northam , May 14, 2024
Virginia’s Blue Ridge Bounty Striving to stay human in a big city like New York can be challenging. Luckily, a quick flight to Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains is where serenity smiles wide and presents… Bruce Northam , March 29, 2023
Florida’s Wild West: Pensacola Bay Pensacola exceeded my expectations, big time, and is an eye-opening foray into Southern U.S. history, culture, and birthright diversity. Although Pensacola is in dispute with Jacksonville and St. Augustine about which… Bruce Northam , January 26, 2023
Lake Placid’s Brilliant Bookends—Eastwind and Whiteface Lodge From nestling up inside a 170-square-foot cozy, upscale shed to wallowing in 1,875-square-feet of Adirondack chic, these two vastly differing but equally inspiring digs highlight this mountainous region’s far-reaching variety. Located on… Bruce Northam , December 8, 2022
The Finger Lakes: A Tale of Two Counties The Finger Lakes’ magical Inns of Aurora Sometimes your home state takes you by surprise. The Finger Lakes region is made up of 11 long, narrow, north-south lakes in Central… Bruce Northam , September 21, 2022
Syracuse: New York State’s Multicultural Food and Live Music Hub This trip was sponsored by Visit Syracuse. All opinions expressed within are my own. It’s wonderful to behold a city—the spiritual and geographic heart of New York State—that has reinvented… Bruce Northam , July 28, 2022
Louisiana’s Oath to Music Festivals Musically, Louisiana isn’t a state—it’s a starter planet. And there’s way more. Alaska Natives have a hundred different words to describe ice. Louisiana returns the favor when naming its sauces…. Bruce Northam , May 23, 2022
Panhandling for Cool in Upstate Idaho: Northern Idaho’s Otherworld A yogi once told me: Energy follows thoughts, pick good ones. Well, the same goes for vacation destinations. If you ironed the map of mountainous Idaho flat, it becomes the… Bruce Northam , March 22, 2022
Saint Lucia: Rewilding the Caribbean Family Vacation Coconut Bay sits on a gorgeous mile of private, slightly curved beach Don’t ponder the future, design it. Saint Lucia is the world’s only country named after a woman—Saint Lucy… Bruce Northam , October 13, 2021
Explore Chattanooga: Tennessee’s Mountain-Valley Town Struts its Stuff Progressive Chattanooga is a trendy, big-valley metropolis ringed by mountains and water—and a friendly edge. This Tennessee River-side hamlet is both a walkable downtown wonder and an enduring basecamp for… Bruce Northam , July 5, 2021
A Double Dose of Adirondack Lore—Lake Placid & Saranac Lake Hotel Saranac—Saranac Lake’s hilltop hospitality palace The evergreen Adirondack Park Region is comprised of 12 counties encompassing 92 towns. Three neighboring communities—the Tri-Lakes—in the High Peaks region have worldly reputations… Bruce Northam , February 23, 2021
You Were Wrong: Jersey Rocks – And Your Kids Will Dig it Too This article is sponsored by Visit New Jersey. Visit VisitNJ.org for more information. Princeton is a handsome and archetypal college town, just 36 miles from Newark and home to Princeton… Bruce Northam , November 25, 2020
9 Stops to Make on a Nebraska Road Trip Big times in small towns. Nebraska has more miles of rivers than any other state in the U.S. and it’s definitely not just what you see off of Interstate 80…. Bruce Northam , January 6, 2020
The Southern Bahamas Remain Open for Business I visited the Bahamas with my daughter two weeks before Hurricane Dorian devastated its northern islands. While it’s important that Nassau and Paradise Island in the southern Bahamas were spared… Bruce Northam , October 18, 2019
Oheka Castle: A Long Island Escape Fit for a Queen (or Two) As opposed to venturing afar on Presidents Day (week) to ski or tan, I skipped the inescapable crowds and took two eighth-graders—my daughter Bella and her pal—on what we coined… Bruce Northam , April 25, 2019
