Blogs

Restaurant chef-turned-chocolatier David Briggs is a mad man of pork. At Xocolatl de David in Portland, Ore., he mixes bacon into chocolate bars and pushes it to another stratosphere by adding everything from lard to pig blood in confections.

I met up with Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater, and the gang at the opening of Cars Land at California Adventure Park. It’s safe to say you struck oil at the newest addition to to Disneyland.

An old general store, a mission built by a local tribe, a mega bike ride, and a wild whitewater ride await visitors to the gem state.

National Parks get a lot of attention. They are the divas and pop stars of the country’s parks. But often just as amazing and precious are our state parks, some of which may be almost literally at your back door.

Here’s a sampling of farms to get you out and pickin'. Call ahead to the individual farms to find out what juicy produce has come in.

While researching and writing VIA's story about historic hotels, I wasn't surprised to find that four of the five featured properties boasted great watering holes.

From early May to mid-June, visitors can see the park at its best with wildflowers, T-shirt weather, active wildlife, and mostly quiet roads.

A blogger eats his way through Granville Island, near downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.

The springtime pleasures of Phoenix, Ariz., lured writer Kristen Haney. Feted by the local visitors bureau, she embarked on a travel spree that included hiking, touring an olive mill, taste-testing beer, and playing strange musical instruments.

When I first walked into Phoenix’s Musical Instrument Museum, the plucking of discordant strings and the resonating thumps of a gong beckoned to me from a door down the hall.