claudia's surf city

Erin did the final ad for the Block Island Times wedding edition. Here's hoping I get some off season weekend bookings. And the chimne...

Sorry, what with my nieces visiting and mouse shit all over the new house, my attention has been otherwhere. I'll resume presently, like...

And speaking of boiled peanuts, I rashly insisted that no boiled peanuts were to be found south of Tampa, Fla., and promised to dance the ch...

Alas, it's time for a new What's in the Truck and I haven't even scored the LAST What's in the truck. I promise I will score...

Just a note to say that after a month on the road, we are all returned to our homes. It was a long day today, starting out at the weirdest R...

One last meal at the Hogfish. . . passing up Palm Beach for a campsite north of Jupiter. . . we put pennies on the railroad tracks to flatte...

We headed down the seven-mile bridge, thinking of Carl Hiassen and the reason swimming pools are painted the color they are. We were welcome...

Thanks to Gene "Master of the Universe" G, we stayed at these delightful condos in Old Town Key West, just steps from Duval. Both ...

Some days start out worse than others, with photographs to download, tents to dry out, the car to reload (yes, I'm getting to "what...

We frolicked on the Redneck Riviera's Emerald Coast. And yes, the water is really this color. And clear. We finished off the day at Boss...

I promise to add up the points for What's in the Truck and reveal all, including a winner—soon. But we've been too busy socializing....

OK, everybody say "ROAD TRIP!" It's that time of year again, when spring calls with an urgency that can no longer be denied, a...

Scour the streets and yard sales for old plates and dishes. Cut up, and make mosaics on—toilet seats?

No, this is not the river—this is the road outside the house of our correspondent in Peace Valley, Mo. "The house sprang a few leaks an...

Yes, I know that bananas supposedly stay good in the refrigerator despite the fact that the peels turn color. But would you eat something th...

Magnum photographer Philip Jones Griffiths, father of Katherine and Fanny (with him above, at Magnum's anniversary celebration last yea...