Beautiful Oaxaca: Eight Reasons to Love it !

     Mexico has many beautiful colonial towns, but none perhaps as diverse and colorful as Oaxaca.  Maria and I took the three-and-a-half hour flight from Tijuana International Airport (park your car on the US side at CBX - Cross Border Crossing)...

Chicago: City of Architecture

      CHICAGO!  CHICAGO!  Tall buildings, great art, the Cubs, friendly people, the Blues! April found Maria and I in the Windy City on a self-guided tour that we'll never forget.  Chicago is truly a majestic city - birthplace of the...

HOW TO READ SKYSCRAPERS: Hoffy Tours in LA

     I love reading skyscrapers.  By that I mean, looking at them and and guessing their date of construction by their shape and design.  It's not a perfect science, but it works pretty well no matter what big city you're in.  This is...