When I think of food and Dallas, or anywhere in Texas for that matter, barbecue comes to mind immediately and then, not much else. All that changed however, after my visit to Houston. While there, I was pleasantly surprised to discover a wide array of cuisines at casual eateries , upscale restaurants and a Thai and Choctaw fine dining establishment that so impressed me, it made my Greatest Hits list. Would Dallas measure up? Here's what I found: Partenope Ristorante Pa

Dallas is the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest city in the United States. I visited Dallas on my third trip to the state of Texas, after previous trips to the cities of Austin and Houston. Most times I've been to Dallas, I've flown into Dallas Fort Worth Airport (DFW). From way up in the clouds, it was impossible to tell that I was about to land at the second largest airport in the U.S., by land mass. Be forewarned, DFW is so big that you can fit the enti

Holbox is the latest in my " Greatest Hits " series, a compendium of the best restaurants I have been to globally. Ironically, I write this post about the best Mexican, seafood restaurant I have been to in California (or the United States, for that matter), from the states of Jalisco and Nayarit, located on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Banderas Bay, Mexico Here, in the gorgeous, Mexican beach cities that dot the coast, including Bucerias, Puerto Vallarta, San Pancho, Sayuli

Morocco lies in the northwestern corner of Africa and is the most visited country on the African continent. This was my first visit to the country and my opportunity to be one of the approximately 17.4 million international visitors that Morocco welcomes yearly. Situated at the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco is Africa's gateway to Europe. It's so close that I hopped on a ferry from Tarifa, Spain and 9 miles later, I was in Tangier, Morocco, a totally different country on a co