Slow Food In Istanbul

This food vendor was stationed in the plaza near the Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul. The roasted corn and chesnuts were delicious...Maybe someone in West Sacramento will try this venture...I would buy it!!

Cindy Tuttle Reporting from the Great Wall

Per Cindy "Airline ticket to China - $750; New hiking boots - $125; Hat, scarf and gloves - $20; Walking on the Great Wall... PRICELESS. Having gone to China in the dead of Winter has its advantages, as you can see the Wall is empty! You can look at pictures and read numerous stories about the Wall, but until you are actually there, nothing captures the overwhelming feeling you get actually being on site! As I walked the Wall, I was overwhelmed from the sense of history and personal sacrifice that the Wall represents. At one point I just sat down and cried!"

Trivia: From 1992 to 1996, Cindy Tuttle was the mayor and a city council member of West Sacramento, and she sang with her "gang of local celebrities band" at our wedding in 1994!

Jazz Artists Mural

Louis Armstrong and his Heavenly All-Star Band greet visitors arriving at the New Orleans Airport.

Kissed by a sea lion!

Maya enjoyed seeing the sea lion kiss her mommy at the Dolphin Adventure Center in Puerto Vallarta.

belVita cardamom-flavored biscuits from Dubai

My friend Coralie Munro vacationed in Dubai recently and brought back these cardamom-flavored biscuits manufactured by Nabisco Arabia Company Ltd. in the Kingdon of Saudi Arabia. They are delicious and very rich..

Pas de deux #2

Debbie shot these folks swimming with the Dolphins at the Xelha Natural Waterpark on the Riviera Maya in Mexico.

Holiday Travel

"Sampson" by Bryan Goggins, created for the Sacramento International Airport Baggage Claim Area.

Greeting sign in the Cancun Airport. Notice the sentence on the bottom (it gave us a laugh).

Catching Dorado in Baja

Marv Perrigo caught these beautiful Dorado, (mahi, mahi ) earlier this week, about 18 - 22 lbs each, while vacationing in Baja. He said they were using surface lures, in 80 degree water, about 4 miles off the point of the Bay of Conception. "It was a great day for fishing and we got our limit within 45 minutes fishing off the Dock Holiday." Cathy says "We have several recipes for cooking the Dorado but our favorites are panko encrusted sauteed, fish & chips and of course smoked."

Today Marv, OBJ and Ponytail went out and did not even see a fish, no strikes or sea life and these are the pros in the Mulege fishing community. ~Photo by Cathy

Vanda Gordon Dillon's

Christy captured this photo of the beautiful Gordon Dillon Vanda Orchid while she was on a recent work-vacation hiatus at the fabulous all-inclusive Paradisus Palma Real Resort located on legendary Bávaro Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Oh to have a job that requires you to visit this Caribbean paradise...~ Barbara