Check It Out Any Time You Like — Finding Hotel California
Hotel California in Todos Santos, Mexico. Sixteen years ago, I was still living the lush life. A lot of free golf at beautiful Ontario courses,...
MEALS ON WHEELS—THE MICHELIN STAR ORIGIN STORY
What began as a clever marketing stunt by a French tire company evolved into the world’s most coveted restaurant rating. Such is the origin story...
FANTASY ISLAND: Welcome to Laucala
COMO Laucala Island in Fiji. Travel writing has provided several amazing memories—but nothing like this particular trip a decade back. It was like flying into...
SMALL WONDERS — Scottsdale’s Best Par 3s
That’s me at the raucous par-3 16th at TPC Scottsdale during the 2012 WM Phoenix Open—probably half the size it is today! One of my...
Golf Tourism has Taken Off
When the world began to lock down during the onset on the pandemic, disposable income—among the higher income brackets anyway—piled up. So when the door...
GEORGIA ON MY MIND—A Special Memory from Trius Winery
I wish I could remember their names. But one thing I do recall: Could she ever sing! Mary and I were exploring Niagara wine country...
The Canadian Museum of Nature
I went in blind for our visit at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Figuratively, that is. I’d never been there and did zero research in...
The National Gallery of Canada
Had the chance to visit Ottawa a couple weeks back and finally got to the National Gallery of Canada. On display right now is “Canada...
SAND CASTLES: Ian Baker-Finch offers an insider’s guide to the world’s greatest golf region
Twenty million years ago, give a day or two, the lower lying areas just south of modern-day Melbourne, Australia, were submerged beneath a few hundred...
The Charcuterie Board Workshop at Jackson-Triggs
It seemed like months that our friend Lily had been ardently encouraging my wife and I to attend the Charcuterie Board Workshop at Jackson-Triggs Estate...
