Travel Stories, Cruise Reviews, and Cultural Adventures

The most spectacular views of the Na Pali Coast are from the air or sea.  HIDDEN OAHU: NA PALI COASTLINE OFFERS STUNNING TERRAIN, NATURAL...

Vintage autos from an impressive, world-class private collection, are wowing visitors in Malaga's auto museum. Cookie -- under-dressed...

The "Painted Ladies" near Alamo Square, San Francisco, California, represent an architecture used for Victorian and Edwardian houses and...

WE'RE USING  acouple whereiscookie blogs to bring you up to date on Cookie's and Keller's summer.Today 's post features a recent article...

BACK ON TERRA FIRMA IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE! Sydney's famous Harbour Bridge as seen from our veranda earlier this morning.  What a...

CLICK HERE to buy Lilian's Last Dance   a new e-Book on Amazon British born Emma Williams played a sultry, fun Annie Oakley.  'LILIAN'S...

Julian's famous Julian Cafe and Bakery has delicious pies and ice cream flavors.  Here, Cookie shares with Nick & Nora. TRY JULIAN,...

Famed Kiwi director Lord Peter Jackson created Hobbiton, on which his award winning films were made. A Maori tattoo was given to Cookie...

QEII lecturer Josh Logan gave tips A poster for "Annie Get Your Gun'' inspired the creation of Lilian in "Lilian's Last Dance." on making a character come alive Click here ==> Lilian's Last Dance STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS CROSSING  the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth II, in the summer of 1986, famed Broadway producer and director Josh Logan was one of the guest lecturers. He was one of my idols, for I'd grown up with the music of "Annie Get Your Gun," and "South Pacific," bo

THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL posting is one of several recently published newspaper articles.  It ran in the hometown paper of novelist Christene Meyers, a Montana native launching an international book tour in Australia and New Zealand.  Meyers grew up in Montana, where the novel is partly set. It is garnering praise on Amazon as an eBook. "LILIAN'S LAST DANCE" features a love triangle, and a troupe of actors in New York, Europe and Los Angeles during the transition from silent mov

ON THE TRAIL OF MOVIE LORE, WRITERS HEAD FOR HOLLYWOOD As Cookie got her novel-writing groove back, she and Keller took to the road,...

WRITERS TOOK TO BACKROADS, MUSEUMS, RANCHES,  HOTELS IN SEARCH OF LOCAL COLOR The gorgeous Parker Ranch in Hawaii inspired a passage...

European travels took us to Paris to Gertrude Stein's home Click here ==> Lilian's Last Dance The legendary Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas made many Atlantic crossings, and are cameos in "Lilian's Last Dance."                            STORY By    CHRISTENE MEYERS Crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth II was part of the fun research for "Lilian's Last Dance." Here William Jones and Christene Meyers enjoy! CREATION of "Lilian's Last Dance" took many years and trips