Travel Stories
I am a member of the North America Travel Journalists & Authors and the Bay Area Travel Writers, which have both recognized travel stories of mine with awards. Here are travel articles of mine that can be found online:
SoCal Calling for Diablo Magazine (Jan. 2024).
East Bay Holiday Hops for Diablo Magazine (Nov. 2023).
Wineries of the Rich and Famous for Venu magazine (July/August 2023: pp. 27-29).
Five Questions for Tom Hale for Diablo Magazine (July 2023).
10 of the most spectacular casinos around the world for Stacker.com (Sept. 27, 2022).
10 Scenic Running Paths from Around the World for Thistle.co (June 29, 2022).
The Airlines with the Most Delays for Stacker.com (April 9, 2022).
Art & Soul: 4 Artisans, 4 Countries, 1 Vision for Ensemble Vacations (Spring 2022).
Hanson of Sonoma: A Family Distillery for Marin Living (December 2021).
Sailing the South as a Shipboard Nurse for Scrubs Magazine (Oct. 21, 2021)
4 Can’t-Miss Mendocino Beach Hikes and Coastal Trails for HipCamp.com (Sept. 8, 2021).
San Francisco Food Halls, pg. 24, for Mabuhay (Philippine Airlines inflight magazine: January 2020).
More than 100 destination articles of mine about places worldwide appeared on the United Airlines travel site between 2015 and 2020. They are no longer online.
Taipei 9 to 5 for Global Traveler magazine (December 2019).
Ralph Hopkins’ Photo Tips for the Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic site (December 2019).
Off-the-Radar Mendocino Spots for the Nob Hill Gazette (Nov. 4, 2019).
Swimming with Sharks for the Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic site (Sept. 2019).
5 Weird Places to Visit in Southern New Mexico for the AAA Highroads website (May 9, 2019).
Retracing Lewis & Clark’s Expedition for the Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic site (May 7, 2019).
Citizen Science Expeditions story for the Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic site (April 22, 2019).
Different Kinds of Bike Routes story for the Sierra Club website (April 15, 2019).
Restaurants in Planes & Trains for The Wall Street Journal (January 31, 2019).
Hike + Bike Danube Cruise for Inspired Senior Living Magazine (Jan. 1, 2019).
Scenic Winter Train Rides for the National Geographic Traveler website (Nov. 26, 2018).
10 Stellar Views in San Francisco for the National Geographic Traveler website (Sept. 26, 2018).
Canadian Golf Cruise segment for the “50 Ways to Have a Superior Summer” story in The Wall Street Journal travel section (May 15, 2018).
Places to Experience Nature Through Glass for the National Geographic Traveler website (May 4, 2018).
Boat Sharing for aarp.org (April 25, 2018).
Rob Pope: Transcontinental Runner for American Way Magazine (April 2018).
Print and online story on Marin County kayaking for Marin Magazine and marinmagazine.com (Nov. 2017).
Resorts with Bragging Rights for The Wall Street Journal (Sept. 10, 2017).
Barkley 100-Mile for The National (Aug./Sept. 2017).
San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury District for The Wall Street Journal (May 20, 2017).
Triathlon Costs for the Chase Bank news site (January 25, 2017).
My Bordeaux article and photos appears on pages 6-9 in the 2017 Taste of Travel anthology.
Amazing Rock Balancer for The National (Amtrak’s magazine: Dec. 2016/Jan. 2017).
The TreeSpirit Project for Hemispheres, the United Airlines inflight magazine (Nov. 2016).
Story on a San Francisco Bay restoration effort for the Silicon Valley Community Foundation magazine (Fall 2016).
America’s first cruise-ship captain for Porthole Cruise Magazine (May/June 2016).
Story on repurposed forts for The Wall Street Journal (July 2, 2016).
Story on the explosion of new microbreweries in San Francisco for Draft Magazine (Jan./Feb. 2016).
Story on Austria’s Stubai region in Senior Living Magazine (May 2015).
My story on surprise adventures in The Wall Street Journal (March 14-15, 2015).
Topics of the 38 stories I wrote for the Asics running site (2015) touched on training, motivation, gear and nutrition.
My story on Mazatlan’s Carnaval in the Houston Chronicle (Feb. 2014).
Award-winning profile of AmaWaterways executive Kristen Karst in Porthole Cruise (Dec. 2013).
Story on Royal Caribbean CEO Adam Goldstein for PORTHOLE CRUISE MAGAZINE (2013 NATJA Silver Prize, Personality & Profiles category), Feb. 2013.
Story on firefighter-related places in the West in the San Francisco Chronicle Travel section (Feb. 2013).
Story on Basque places in the West in the San Francisco Chronicle Travel section (July 2012).
Story on running hotspots in the San Francisco Chronicle Travel section (May 2012).
Story on Wales’ Coast Path in Budget Travel Magazine (May/June 2012).
Here are my stories on the art & culture and food & wine in Italy’s Marche region on PeterGreenberg.com (Aug. 2011).
Story on great pipe organs in the San Francisco Chronicle Travel section (Dec. 2011).
Story on U.S. islands for EXPERIENCE LIFE (June 2010).
Story on Wales for MARIN (April 2010).
Story on Germany’s Mosel River wine region for MARIN (Oct. 2009).
Story on America’s best hot-springs towns for EXPERIENCE LIFE MAGAZINE (Nov. 2008).
My feature on Bay Area B&Bs that specialize in hosting weddings for the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE MAGAZINE (Jan. 2006).
In 2013-2017, I published 14 feature articles in AAA HIGHROADS (Arizona).
In 2010-2011, I published more than 150 articles (most with my photos) on attractions, restaurants, wineries, parks and other places for Hello Metro sites (HelloSanFrancisco.com, HelloLongBeach.com, HelloBoise.com and many others throughout the West). Here are the places and major events I’ve written about for those sites:
SAN FRANCISCO
Walt Disney Museum
Exploratorium
Chinatown
Ferry Building Marketplace
Fisherman’s Wharf
Alcatraz
S.F. Waterfront
Cable Cars
Golden Gate Park
Sports Basement
Ocean Beach
MOMA
Nob Hill
Union Square
De Young Museum
Red & White Fleet
The Marina
Kara’s Cupcakes
RocketBoat
Pier 39
International Spy Shop
Asian Art Museum
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Baker Beach
Coit Tower
North Beach (neighborhood)
Beat Museum
California Academy of Sciences
Vintage Streetcars/Streetcar Museum
Cliff House
Alioto’s
Waterfront Restaurant
Press Club
Ruby Skye
St. Francis Fountain
Yoshi’s
Urban Tavern
Stinking Rose
McCormick & Kuleto’s
Garden Court at The Palace
Beach Chalet/Park Chalet
Neptune’s Palace
Greens Restaurant
Chinese New Year Parade
Tour of California (bike race)
Mission Dolores
Haight-Ashbury neighborhood & tour
Espetus
Calzone’s
San Francisco 49ers
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Sunset District
Litquake Festival
Hornblower Cruises
Squat & Gobble
Palio d’Asti
Museum of the African Diaspora
Cartoon Art Museum
Pacific Heights
Westfield S.F. Centre
S.F. Symphony Holiday Concerts
Holidays on The Embarcadero
San Francisco Giants
Bocadillos
Marina Green
Buena Vista Cafe
The Punch Line
Fort Mason Center
Bike the Bridge
Ripley’s San Francisco
Bay to Breakers
Burke Williams Spa
San Francisco Italian Restaurants
Bay Area Italian Restaurants
Source
Sunday Brunches with Ocean Views
San Francisco Shopping
TCHO Chocolate Tour
S.F. Vegetarian Restaurants
SAN MATEO/SANTA CLARA COUNTIES
LB Steak
The Grill on the Alley
Triton Museum of Art
The Tech Museum
Santana Row
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
Winchester Mystery House
Stanford University
Filoli
MacArthur Park Palo Alto
Pez Museum
Hiller Aviation Museum
La Costanera
Kincaid’s Burlingame
Sawyer Camp Trail
Cantor Museum (Stanford)
Pumpkin Festival (Half Moon Bay)
ZERO1 Festival
Radio City Rockettes
Santa Clara University
Moss Beach Distillery
Oceano Half Moon Bay
Hillsdale Shopping Center
Sam’s Chowder House
Navio at the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay
Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay
A La Carte & Art Festival – Mountain View
Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show
Osterio Coppa
San Mateo County History Museum
MARIN
Mt. Tamalpais
S.F. Bay kayaking
Piatti
Point Reyes Natl. Seashore
Left Bank Larkspur
Sausalito Art Festival
China Camp State Park
Downtown San Anselmo
Samuel Taylor State Park
Downtown Fairfax
Muir Woods
Muir Beach
Tavern at Lark Creek
NAPA/SONOMA
Castello di Amorosa
Napa Valley Wine Train
Healdsburg Dine Around
Napa General Store
Oxbow Public Market
Napa Tasting Rooms
Downtown Napa Hotels
Ubuntu
Napa Opera House
Earth Day in the Wine Country
Dry Creek Valley Wineries
OAKLAND
Oakland A’s
SANTA CRUZ/MONTEREY
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
SACRAMENTO
Crocker Art Museum
Lake Natoma Aquatics Center
Hot Italian
Le Rivage
State Capitol
Capitol Park
Sutter’s Fort
Cafe Bernardo
The California Museum
Cafeteria 15L
The Park Downtown
CSUS
Old Sacramento
LAKE TAHOE
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
Ciera at Montbleu
Red Hut
Edgewood Tahoe
Stateline Casinos
Friday’s Station-Harrah’s
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Tony’s on the Pier
Redondo Pier & Harbor
Baleen Los Angeles
Redondo Voyager cruises
Redondo Hermosa Strand
Brixton
ORANGE COUNTY
OC Zoo
Irvine Regional Park
Pretend City
Yard House Irvine
The Improv Irvine
YOSEMITE AREA
Ducey’s on the Lake
RENO AREA
University of Nevada-Reno
National Automobile Museum
Nevada Museum of Art
Riverwalk Arts District
Freight House District
Spa Toscana
Atlantis Casino Resort
Atlantis Steakhouse
Squeeze In
BOISE, IDAHO
Idaho Wineries
Downtown Boise Hotels
Downtown Boise Restaurants
Boise State University
Basque Block
Idaho State Historical Museum
Idaho Capitol
Old Pen
Zoo Boise
Birds of Prey
Julia Davis Park
Boise’s Healthy Restaurants
Boise River Greenbelt