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Key West: ‘Conch-ed’ out in the Conch Republic
By Janet Steinberg Contributing Columnist J. Seward Johnson sculpture in front of Custom House. (Credit: Janet Steinberg) This is not an April Fool’s joke. It may be tongue-in-cheek, but it’s true. On...
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Isle Smile: The Keys to My Heart
By Janet Steinberg Contributing Columnist The keys to my heart are not made of silver or gold. The Keys to my heart are a 125-mile chain of laid-back islands in Florida that extend from Mile Marker 0...
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Silver Whisper: a captivating, diverse itinerary
By Janet Steinberg Contributing Columnist Silversea’s Silver Whisper (Credit: Janet Steinberg) My recent Silversea’s Silver Whisper cruise, from Lisbon, Portugal to Southampton, England, afforded me...
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Beware: Fado fever is catching… I know because I caught it!
Eduardo VII Park Bom Dia (good morning) was my sunny greeting as I arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz in Lisbon, Portugal. Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon, long considered the city’s premier hotel,...
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Bilbao Reigns in Spain
Frank Gehry's Museo Guggenheim Thanks to “starchitect” Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, the former industrial town of Bilbao, Spain, that was once dubbed the ugliest city in Europe, has had a vibrant...
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The flavor of Bordeaux
Courtesy of Janet Steinberg Chateau Smith Haut Lafite and vineyard By Janet Steinberg “God only made water” stated Victor Hugo, “man made wine “ And what better place to taste that wine than in the...
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Once before I die: a travel writer’s bucket list
Janet Steinberg at the Taj Mahal By Janet Steinberg Contributing Columnist “The Bucket List” was a 2007 movie with a plot that followed the terminally ill Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as they...
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Travel melds the bitter with the sweet
Janet Steinberg “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana Happily, I’ve never become jaded. As I look back on 35 years of travel writing, I am still in awe of...
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Eastern Tennessee: My hillbilly heaven
By Janet Steinberg The Ballad Of Gigglemoor Gigglemoor: a wondrous place in Vonore, Tennessee (Courtesy of Janet Steinberg) Gigglemoor, O Gigglemoor, the Pride of Tennessee, The Prices have a wondrous...
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Lexington, Kentucky: bluegrass and bibelots
Janet Steinberg Lexington is horses and heritage, mansions and museums, blue grass and bibelots, and a pizzeria/restaurant housed in what was once the first Jewish synagogue in Lexington. Following a...
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Knoxville, Tennessee: Bluegrass, blues, and a boutique hotel
By Janet Steinberg Contributing Columnist Janet Steinberg Surprise! Surprise! Knoxville, Tennessee, resting on the banks of the Tennessee River and back-dropped by the foothills of the Great Smoky...
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2013: the year in retrospect
Janet Steinberg - The Wandering Jew “I would not eat the soup of life with a fork; I would continue to use a big ladle.” Those words of my late friend, Holocaust survivor, and world-renowned...
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Silver Spirit: a 24-karat gilt trip
Janet Steinberg Yes, it was guiltless! My recent 24-karat Silversea Caribbean cruise on the luxurious Silver Spirit was pure pleasure… pure pampering… pure rest… and pure relaxation. Yet I felt not an...
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Silversea’s Silver Spirit: escape from winter blahs
I was lucky to “get out of Dodge” just in time. Well, it wasn’t really Dodge City, Kansas, but it was Cincinnati, Ohio just before the ice and snow piled up. I headed south, way south, for fifteen...
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Key West icons: a saloonkeeper, a writer, and a president
The Wandering Jew - Janet Steinberg Key West, Florida is many things to many people. This Southernmost Point in the continental United States (only 90-miles from Cuba) is a place where pirates once...
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Janet Steinberg, The American Israelite’s “Wandering Jew,” wins travel...
Janet Steinberg At the Spring 2014 Midwest Travel Writers Association meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, Janet Steinberg received 2 Mark Twain awards for her travel columns that appeared in The American...
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Synagogues around the world
Janet Steinberg - The Wandering Jew “A city without a Jew is like a bowl of soup without salt. There would be no flavor to our city if it weren’t for our Jewish residents.” So said my gentile tour...
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Missouri: The “Show-Me” state has shown me
“All experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untraveled world.” –Alfred Lord Tennyson Janet Steinberg - The Wandering Jew I’ve strolled, sailed, or driven, beneath some of the most famous...
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Atlantic City: Sun, sand, and saltwater taffy
Janet Steinberg - THe Wandering Jew From the Boardwalk to the Bay, Atlantic City, New Jersey has been drawing people to its shore for over a century. This major resort city, 120 miles south of New York...
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A trip to New York
New York, New York: a city so great it says its name twice “Start spreading the news”, ole’ blue eyes crooned… New York, New York is a city so great it says its name twice. Nicknamed “The Big Apple”...
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