Travel and Food

Tracking down a memory in Victoria, B.C.

By Donald H. Harrison VICTORIA, British Columbia – Thanks to the U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886, M.V. Star Princess made a required stop in this Canadian provincial capital, providing a brief opportunity for my wife Nancy and me to hunt down a honeymoon memory. That 133-year-old protectionist piece of legislation banned foreign flagged

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food, USA

New Mexico’s Holocaust and Intolerance Museum

Story an photos by Oliver B. Pollak ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – We’re in Albuquerque for the 75th birthday of Dr. Steve, the father of my daughter-in-law Erika. Steve’s wine cellar with red wines dating back to the early 1980s was an added pleasure. New Mexico’s Jewish history is more complicated than the rest of American

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Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USA

Rafting, salmon baking, schmoozing in Juneau, Alaska

    By Donald H. Harrison JUNEAU, Alaska – Getting ready for rafting down the Mendenhall River is almost as exciting as the ride itself. “T,” a guide for Alaska Travel Adventures who says his Japanese name sometimes is too difficult for western tongues to pronounce,  had our eight family members pull rubber trousers over

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA

Climb, chop, saw — an Alaskan competition

By Donald H. Harrison KETCHIKAN, Alaska – A lot of Americans find themselves seemingly rooting for a Canadian team against an American one, and vice versa, during the “competition” at the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show, but it’s all in fun with no real assault on national pride actually intended. Audience members on the right side

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Donald H. Harrison, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food