Travel Stories, Cruise Reviews, and Cultural Adventures

Bruce Keller and his mother, Jean Keller, board a harbor cruise at Oceanside, where Jean taught Keller to paint as a lad. STORY By...

Cookie and Nora sit by Tony Bennett's vibrant heart which is on display in San Francisco's Union Square. The famed jazz singer is also an...

San Francisco's inventive Personality Hotels offers a stylish flash drive "bracelet" of images and information, including this.  Your...

Behind bars: Keller tours prison. Story By CHRISTENE MEYERS Photos By BRUCE KELLER Who knew that Burt Lancaster's "Bird Man" character...

STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER Last Saturday's "starter kit" talked prices and posed questions to ask yourself when planning a cruise. Cruising offers value, variety, safety and more... you pack and unpack  once!  Recapping: *Are the ship and amenities more important than ports? Prefer to sail the Norwegian Fjords or wander the streets of a Sicilian village? *Must you have an ocean view or balcony? Happy with a cheaper, inside cabin? What's your budget?

Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos plays magnificently as "La Trompeta" and band leader . -- Production photos by Daren Scott  By CHRISTENE...

Cruise ships and private yachts make a pretty sight in picturesque St. Thomas. STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER There...

STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER It's all in the family at Arslan's Gyros in Pacific Beach. In the European tradition,...

This publicity photo shows Vereen's joy in life and his engaging personality. STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER Ben...

Actor Ben Vereen is touring a fast-paced one man show which may appear in an expanded version down the road. STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS...

The lovely arrangement, above, is both simple and striking. It graces the men's bathroom at the popular La Jolla Shores Hotel.  Below,...

A walk through a vineyard always surprises and delights. Both European and American grape growers frame vines with roses. STORY By...

Dreams inspire trip, tattoos; roadies set off with a poem      POEM by CHRISTENE MEYERS  PHOTOS by BRUCE KELLER     This week, twin dreams came down to us with travel forecasts bold.      Our vision puts us on the road (We're doing what we're told.)      Midlife crisis?  Call us nuts.      For sticks and stones don't phase us.      We're grabbing gusto, bucket listing,      singing, playing, praise us!     We've bought twin Harleys, new tattoos      so on the road we

Pansies are perennial favorites in Ashland, Oregon, and this one was part of a shop windowbox display.    STORY by Christene Meyers    ...

The Colosseum remains one of tourism's most visited sites.       Story by Christene Meyers      Photos by Bruce Keller      "Rome...