TRI-VALLEY SHOWCASES WINES, BEERS, PARKS & UNIQUE EATERIES
By Linda Kissam “Food, Wine & Shopping Diva”
If you love unique state parks, a trending wine country, craft beer, food fit for
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA: A NOD TO ELEGANCE, TRADITION & CONTEMPORARY TIMES
Article by Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine and Shopping Diva’, and photos by Allan Kissam
Travel writer Linda Kissam “F
BIG BLEND RADIO: STORIES ACROSS AMERICA
Welcome to the new 4th Friday Big Blend Radio Podcast Festival, featuring six interviews covering Stories Across America, as part of the Love Your Parks Tour.
A TALE OF TWO LONG BEACHES!
Connecting a California Metropolis with a Small Washington Coast Community
By Mary Farah
Travel blogger Mary Lansing-Farah connects California’s metropolitan Lon
BIG BLEND RADIO TOAST TO COMMUNITY
Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for this special Big Blend Radio “Toast to Community
BIG BLEND RADIO “CELEBRATE SUMMER 2020” FESTIVAL
This radio festival kicked off the start of the summer season with lighthearted conversations focusing on travel and destinations, outdoor recreati
COSTA MESA TO THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS
From Southern California to the Pacific Northwest, this summer and fall travel discussion features Jenny Wedge from Travel Costa Mesa in California and Amy Nesler fr
ARIZONA’S FIRST STATE PARK
El Presidio Real San Ignacio de Tubac
By Eva Eldridge
A Tucson local, I’ve been to Tubac many times passing the brown information signs saying Tubac Presidio Arizona Sta
CELEBRATE THE ARTS IN YUMA, ARIZONA
Experience Fine Art, Music & Movies in the Gateway to the Great Southwest
Compiled by Lisa D. Smith
City of Yuma representative Miriam Limon talks with B
A GARDEN WALK IN WEST WETLANDS PARK
Birds and Blossoms Abound in Yuma, Arizona “The Gateway to The Great Southwest”
The 110-acre West Wetlands Park runs along the beautiful lower Colorado River, a
LOCALS INSIDER: TUCSON, ARIZONA
Sprawled across the Sonoran desert valley at an elevation of 2,400 feet, and surrounded by four mountain ranges, Tucson is the second most populated city in Arizona,
DESTINATION YUMA, ARIZONA
Located along the lower Colorado River in southwest Arizona, Yuma borders Mexico and is halfway between Tucson and San Diego. It’s a historic, cultural and outdoor advent
