Spring 2026 Issue

Spring Travel Ideas

River Food
Lucy Tobias

Lunch in a River Outside Puerto Vallarta

Our bright yellow 4×4 grinds higher up into the Sierra Madre Mountains. The high peaks rise like jagged green jewels above Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. Under a canvas canopy cover I cling to my vinyl seat, inhale sharp mountain air and wonder about lunch.

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Carla Marie Rupp and Jason Rupp

Top Things to Do in Playa del Carmen

Playa del Carmen, a vibrant international beach city in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, has a lot going for it as an exciting getaway, short or long. We’ve had some quick, fun trips here and a few more extended ones. Either way, we offer some tips on what to do

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Daniele Auvray

Japan’s Boxed Happiness – “O-Bento”

Perhaps it goes back to our childhood, when we were happy with very little things, like tiny boxes and the secrets we thought we might uncover in those mysterious containers. A box was also very often a gift given to us by someone very dear, like our mother or father,

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Our Lady of Guadalupe cathedral, view from Bay of Banderras
Ron Kapon

A Return Visit to Paradise: Puerto Vallarta

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]capulco, Cancun, Iztapa-Zihuatanejo, Tijuana, Guadalajara and Mazatlan are cities in Mexico that I have visited in the past 10 years. The North American Travel Journalist Conference allowed me to spend four days in Puerto Vallarta, which I had last visited 8 years ago as a guest of Continental Airlines. Conde

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Doreen Pendracs

Why Saint Lucia Should be on the Radar of Every Chocolate Lover

As a chocolate lover, researcher and journalist/author, I’ve spent the greater part of a quarter century traveling the globe in search of the best chocolate travel destinations. St. Lucia — or Sainte-Lucie, as it’s known by the locals — pushes all the right buttons to be considered a top runner

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Alison Abbott

Daffodils Welcome Springtime in Nantucket

Isolated off the coast of Cape Cod, shades of yellow blanket a small island 36 miles out to sea. More than three million Narcissuses have been planted throughout the 48 square miles of what many consider to be one of the most beautiful islands in North America. The annual Nantucket

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Julie Hatfield

Go Nevis!

Story by Julie HatfieldPhotos by Tim Leland and Julie Hatfield You can’t jet to Nevis, but you can swim there — if you first fly to St. Kitts, Nevis’ sister island.  Most people take the 20-minute ferry from St. Kitts to Nevis, its tiny West Indies island neighbor, after jetting

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