Diversity is a word that's thrown around a lot when people talk about the United States. It's an incredible melting pot of cultures, a dazzling mix of landscapes. It's black and white and every shade of gray, red rocks and green mountains and endless...
My mom grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, so I've grown up hearing stories of Philadelphia. My mom and my grandma would reminisce about cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and scrapple: they just couldn't find anything quite the same in sunny,...
Whenever I traveled to a new country, I always felt a little tinge of guilt that I hadn't seen more of my own. I especially felt guilty that I had visited the capital cities of so many other countries, visiting their government buildings and learning...
It's hard not to like Charleston. The whole place is quaint with a twist of beachiness: antebellum architecture lined up next to palm trees, sandy beaches a stone's throw from the historic French Quarter. Blue skies, sweet tea, wraparound verandas,...
If Arizona surprised me with the diversity of its landscapes, Georgia simply stunned me with its beauty. Suddenly, I understood where all those country singers were coming from when they wax nostalgic about Georgia peaches, sitting on a front porch...