Travel Stories, Cruise Reviews, and Cultural Adventures

"Play Misty for Me" -- and she did!     Cookie joined a jazz quintet to add sizzle to a sultry summer night at the Cowboy Bar in...

Nick and Nora are soon to be back in Montana, with Keller and me. Lovely day in LaJolla, 70 degrees and everything abloom. The foliage...

Cousins gathered at High Chap memorial for mum's memorial  STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By COSGRIFFES THE COSGRIFFES  are gathering...

Robbie helped choreograph several European trips with mum     “I’m home,” she cried, lifting her hands heavenward. “I feel their...

Bruce Keller joins legions of tourists to take on the Leaning Tower    STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER & COOKIE No...

STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS Theater in San Diego is as varied as the jewels in a royal crown, each one offering its own unique light and sparkle. In five years of reflecting on the gems here, I’ve never seen a “faux stone.”  The talent pool is large and varied, the fare is a lively mix of drama, musicals and new experimental work, and – this is a critical element – the actors, musicians and crew are passionate.  It shows. Sunday’s matinee of “Man of LaMancha” at Cygnet Th

STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTO By BRUCE KELLER It was not an AARP convention, but there were many grey heads and paunches aplenty at...