American Nudist: Nude in the California Desert
Naked in California: Max Hartshorne visits DeAnza Springs clothing optional resort in Jacumba California to explore the lives of nudists.
Pipiwai Trail, near Hana Maui Hawaii.
Pipiwai trail, near Hana, Maui, Hawaii photo by Max Hartshorne.
Visiting New Zealand – Nelson and Queen Charlotte Sound by Helicopter
By Max Hartshorne Trust the Chef: Daniel Monopoli Keeps It Simple Simple food appeals to this young chef, who’s made a name in just a few months by opening the Boat Shed Cafe on the waterfront in Nelson. We sat with Daniel on his night off, as the restaurant revved…
Visiting New Zealand -The South Island and Queenstown
By Max Hartshorne The Fuzzy Antlers of Caged Deer at Walter Peak Farm We boarded the TSS Earnslaw, a vintage steamship built in the early 1900s, for a journey across sparkling Lake Wakatipu this morning, in the company of about 40 mostly German visitors. Despite the tendency for Germans to…
Sacramento, the Leafy, Artsy Capital of California
By Max Hartshorne GoNOMAD Editor The few times Sacramento, California, is in the news here in the East is during the evening news when a story about the California state budget and Governor Arnold’s war with the assembly comes up once again. Like New York’s small stepchild capital of Albany,…
Visiting New Zealand: Off to My Favorite Land, Far, Far Away
By Max Hartshorne Selections from his blog Readuponit We are off to Auckland and then Wellington, New Zealand. It has been a day of packing and trying to remember everything, and accepting that things won’t get done but will upon our return. One of the things on the itinerary that…
Visiting Normandy: Ancient Cities, D-Day Beaches and Cidre
Visiting Normandy:Â Home of cider, Mt St Michel, and the D-Day beaches By Max Hartshorne GoNOMAD Editor Normandy is known to many Americans only because of the Allied invasion on D-Day in June 1944, the most recognized piece of Normandy’s long history depicted in the Tom Hanks movie “Saving Private Ryan.”…
The Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery by Max Hartshorne Brian Pilkington at the brick oven at Cathedral Cove Macadamias. Cathedral Cove, Coromadel. Cooks Beach ferry. View from the road to Coromandel Town. The Driving Creek Railway. Flowers at Cathedral Macademias, Coromandel. Indentations made by Maoris forging spears on the rocks at Hot Water Beach,…
The Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
Rugged, Art-filled, and Worth the Drive By Max Hartshorne GoNOMAD Editor On a map, New Zealand’s Coromandel Peninsula juts straight up, just to the right of the capital city of Auckland. Though it doesn’t look far from Auckland on the map as the crow flies, it’s a long and winding…
Norway in a Nutshell: A Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery by Max Hartshorne
Norway in a Nutshell: Across the Fjords
Bergen to Oslo by bus, train, ferry, scenic railway and then train. A long journey through a spectacularly beautiful country across the fjords.
Plano Texas Hotels: Three Reviews
Plano Texas, reviews of three top ranked hotels in this city near Dallas including Aloft, Dallas/Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center, and NYLO hotel Plano.