Weekly Column

By the end of this year, more than 1,400 people will have traveled with me on RSJ Yonderlust Tours. It’s…

It’s king cake season. Those four words don’t carry a lot of weight across 90% of this country. Though in…

It looks like 2023 will go down as the year of the king cake— at least in my book. I…

NEW ORLEANS— In a poll of national food critics I believe New Orleans would be listed among the top three…

The following is the first in a summer-column series that will cover dining in New Orleans. Over the next four…

This past weekend was a memorable one for our family. Our 26-year old daughter got engaged to her longtime boyfriend.…

There’s a quiet fear I carry that never really goes away. It doesn’t keep me up at night, but it…

YPRES, BELGIUM—This spring has been a long celebration—one after another, in a beautiful blur. It all started with Mardi Gras,…

(A Life I Didn’t Plan, But Am Grateful to Live) PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— Two full days off. That’s a rarity over…

PETROGNANO, Italy — Something unexpected happened over the course of the last 13 years. A quiet village in the Tuscan…

PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— Since 2017, over 1,350 people have traveled with me on more than 55 trips to seven European countries…

PETROGNANO, TUSCANY—I wear a cap most days with a single word stitched across the front. “Onward.” A guest of mine…

No one signs up for a European tour expecting to have lunch in a stranger’s home in a village so…

SEVILLE— No one expects to use the word romantic when talking about a pig farm. But standing in the soft…

There are only a few moments in life when time slows down enough to let you take it all in.For…