You never know what you’re going to get when you book a bed & breakfast. I’ve had delightful experiences, where I stayed up late with the owners, drinking wine and swapping stories. And I’ve had bizarre visits, such as the one where I watched a cat walk across a table full of food...

Proof that you can find fun things to do almost where you travel: On a recent trip to Iowa to visit my husband’s parents, we discovered Madison County, which not only has the famed bridges from the Robert James Waller book/Meryl Streep-Clint Eastwood movie, it also contains Winterset, the town...

Spoonbridge and Cherry Travel writers can be a judge-y breed. And that’s not always a bad thing. You have to be critical when you’re giving your readers the information they need to make important vacation decisions. So you take out your microscope, you examine what makes a destination tick,...

Attending your spouse’s high school reunion can be a daunting experience. You’re faced with lots of people you don’t know, in a situation that can be high stress, depending on how your spouse felt about high school. Insecurities can easily re-emerge when you come face to face with...

Travel can teach you much about a potential mate. I knew I would marry my husband shortly into our first trip together; as he maneuvered our 4 x 4 through narrow mountain roads in Dominica, dodging chickens, dogs and children without breaking a sweat, I thought: This guy can handle anything. Yet nothing...