Smack dab in Seattle's tourist-central, on Pier 56 just below Pikes Place Market sits Elliott's Oyster House. But we'll not hold its location against it here -- the food was terrific. A delightfully fresh Copper River salmon bisque to...

We sped down the 101 over the Golden Gate Bridge, through San Francisco, and around the bay to the parking spot outside our hotel room in Monterrey in a mere three hours. The Hyatt Regency there is nothing more...

Wine country in California is just the way you imagine it. Wavy hills of vines, Italian-inspired wineries with those inner garden courtyards, chic sophisticated people driving European cars, and lots and lots of wine. Everywhere. So I won't spend...

The concierge at the newly renovated Hilton Wine Country suggested we explore some restaurants downtown that represented the best of "wine country cuisine." Our first stop, Flavors, was closed. The alternate, Syrah Bistro, did not disappoint. An intimate restaurant...

The word "looming" came alive when our Buick Rendezvous summited the Oregon-California border and began to drop through the National Redwood Forest. "Headlights on" signs warned us of what was ahead: a dark cathedral of looming trees crowding onto...

Who says you can't drive the Oregon coast in one day? Barely 9 hours after I had landed, our stomaches heavy with breakfast, Craig, Josh and I loaded our gear into a Buick Rendezvous (or as the National agent called...

There's something in a man that craves a roadtrip. Hard cement, the power of a gasoline engine under foot, the unplanned expanse of the future before us. It just makes me want to grunt. So when I suggested a...