Fantastic Flagstaff Restaurants

American Wagyu beef on a platter served at Tinderbox Kitchen in Flagstaff, Arizona.

“Recognized as a favorite Arizona food town, Flagstaff will have you wiping the smile on your face with many cuisine choices. Creative cocktails, award-winning craft beers, and artful seasonal menus combine to give you fantastic restaurants to try in Flagstaff, Arizona.” First appeared in TravelAwaits on November 23, 2021. Check out this fantastic American wagyu […]

What I want you to know about my fling with vegemite and Australia

Fling with Vegemite covered toast with knife and happy little packet

Fling with vegemite and my lifelong desire to visit Australia is the topic of this article from 2020. This guest post first appeared at Travel Post Monthly in November, 2020 https://phototravelwrite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Learning-About-Australia-Tasting-Vegemite-Travel-Post-Monthly-Travel-Post-Monthly.pdf See more of Julie’s travel photos here.

Crocs Day–Purple for National Holiday – October 23

Crocs purple on two bare feet tops

Crocs are incredibly comfortable, funky, quirky, casual shoes. I have three pairs. My favorite color is purple. Not just in crocs, but in clothing, fabrics, artwork, dinnerware…just about everything in my life. I am the first to admit that it is a game with me…to see how much purple can I incorporate into my life. […]

Visit Etna, California – a Photo Journal

Visit Etna Siskiyou County Field of lupine in Callahan, Scott Valley, California

Visit Etna, California, when you are in Siskiyou County located at the border of Oregon and California. This article first appeared at PlayStayEat.com on October 9, 2021 See more of Julie’s travel images here.

Oxnard Restaurants You Must Try

Oxnard restaurants Crepe on a plate at Xielo

This Oxnard Restaurants guest post appeared on Foodie Flashpacker on October 11, 2021 Here’s what I found in Oxnard on a recent visit. It may have been a best-kept secret…but, not anymore! See more of Julie’s travel images here

Dictionary Celebration on National Dictionary Day – October 16, 2021

Dictionary American dictionaries

Dictionary is a necessary tool for all writers and speakers. I am fond of the English language (it’s the only one I speak, read, and write with any skill) and we celebrate Noah Webster for his contribution to our language. Webster’s tome was probably the first one I used in school or at home. Do […]

Old-fashioned Letters Celebrate World Post Day Oct. 9

Old-fashioned letters go into a bank of mailboxes

Old-fashioned letters are celebrated today for World Post Day. When was the last time you wrote and posted a letter? A letter actually written by hand, folded and placed in an envelope, licked the glue on the flap, sealed it with pressure from your hands, then licked a stamp and stuck it on–self-adhesive counts here. […]

National Name Your Car Day–Mine’s Sassy – October 2, 2021

Red car with JDP Foto license plate parked at Blackrock Campground in Joshua Tree National Park

National Name Your Car Day is Saturday, October 2, 2021, and here’s what it means to me: “Name your little red corvette, “Swifty,” and see what happens. National Name Your Car Day every year on October 2, pays homage to those of us who love our rides so much — we name them! Although it […]