A love apple a day keeps the doctor away One tomato supplies 35 calories and almost half of your daily vitamin C requirement. Tomatoes are a source of vitamin A and the minerals iron and potassium. In 1995, Harvard researchers found a tomato-rich diet to be associated with decreased risk of prostate cancer-due, they believe, […]
In the Jungle, the Mayan Jungle
September 13, 2007 by
Belize’s unspoiled Caribbean shores teem with brilliant sea life. With its 180-mile-long barrier reef and 200-isle archipelago, the Central American country was bound to be a haven for pleasure-seekers.
Snorkeling in warm waters and baking on white-sand beaches sounds wonderful for two days. It wouldn’t raise my pulse for eight. Beyond its seacoast, lagoons, and mangrove swamp lies Belize’s broadleaf rainforest. Twisting paths are overgrown with vines, lianas, and strangler figs. Black orchids and bromeliads proliferate amid mahogany trees and cohune palms. Thousand-foot falls and smoky rivers score the jungled face of mountains. The air waxes with the primordial calls of birds, insects, and howler monkeys, and throughout the forest, dark caves and Mayan ruins wait to be explored.
Chile Chile Bang Bang
September 13, 2007 by
Southwestern staples include beans, corn, and . . . .chiles. By Camille Cusumano Originally published in Via Magazine. It struck me as fitting that New Mexico’s pueblo architecture would look hand-molded from a pile of refried frijoles. I was, after all, standing on the historic proving ground for Southwestern cooking, one of the country’s most […]
Protected: Las Garzas de San Blas
September 13, 2007 by
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Yoga’s secret ingredient for tango and other partner dancers
August 7, 2007 by
If you’ve ever felt that dancing with a partner requires the stamina of a martial artist, then you’re ready for Carmen Iglesias. A yoga teacher and tango dancer, Carmen has developed a program that supports the special demands of Argentine tango-and, in essence, of all partner dancing. All ballroom dances require that the leader and […]
Sister Act
July 24, 2007 by
Sister Act appeared in Islands Magazine, 2001. I have connected deeply with my Sicilian roots through many visits to the old country over the past 24 years and it remains one of my abiding spiritual quests. For one trip to the island, I considered the novelty of sleeping in monasteries and convents—Italy’s monastic bed-and-board tradition […]
Gold Award, Pacific Asia Travel Association
July 24, 2007 by
1993 Gold Award, Pacific Asia Travel Association, Getting Hold of Big Sur (travel story in VIA)
Society of American Travel Writers Western Chapter
July 24, 2007 by
1999 Second place, Society of American Travel Writers Western Chapter, Hiking the Chilkoot (travel story in VIA)
James Jones First Novel Fellowship finalist
July 24, 2007 by
2000 James Jones First Novel Fellowship finalist for novel, The Last Cannoli, Legas, New York, 2000