Cuba - Havana to Baracoa: notes, journals, and musings from a rum-soaked adventure in rum-soaked Cuba -- land of stunning beaches and valleys, of art, music, and dance, of trains, planes, and endless types of transportation, of World Heritage sites, of casas and food, Havana, and Hemingway...and Mothers Day. Whether you're going soon or are an armchair vagabond, enjoy fun facts and personal vignettes about this beautiful, forbidden island.

A smashing debut about a troika of thirty-somethings, stuck in the rut of twenty-somethings, who set out on a crusade - a pilgrimage of sorts, seeking a cure for Mattie's break-up blues and finding adventure (on steroids) on a get-well island tour. They journey from San Francisco to the mecca of Maui, finding the holy grail of friendship and answering age old questions: Where am I now in my life? Why do we fall in and out of love? What mends a broken heart? What unsticks us from the ruts of modern life? Can we quit our day job? Follow our bliss? The trip works its magic. Deciding she's played...

Early last year I dreamt of a sojourn in the south of France. I envisioned it as the ultimate writer's workshop. By May I was at the Cannes Film Festival with my press pass, settling in for a sweet adventure, immersing myself in the language, studying French and enjoying nearly every museum, gallery, and cultural venue along the Cote d'Azur. I interviewed film buffs, expats, and yachties, made discoveries and friends, and spent a week with wine-making monks on an angelic island. I shot over 2500 photos and tried to keep up with an ambitious blog. The adventure lit my creative fires. There...