In Search of the Elusive ToucanA Costa Rican AdventureBy Robin Dohrn-Simpson My philosophy on successful wildlife viewing goes something like this. “The harder you try to find elusive animals the less you will see. Isn’t it much nicer to sit quietly - preferably in a hammock with a cold drink in your hand - and wait for the animals to come to you?” This I was thinking while relaxing in a ...
Carmen Luna, A Modern Day Che Guevara
Published Monday, March 17, 2008 By Robin Dohrn-Simpson. Under Food Articles, Published Articles, Travel Articles
Carmen Luna, A Modern Day Che Guevara, published by Inverse Online.com
The Ecuadorian night was foggy. High in the Andes in the tiny tourist town of Baños, I could hear, and feel the Tungurahua Volcano rumbling underneath our feet. We sipped steaming hot local cinnamon tea when the door opened and out of the fog stepped a person with a commanding presence. Her entrance into the room was reminiscent of a ...
Discovering the Baja California Wine Region
Published Monday, March 17, 2008 By Robin Dohrn-Simpson. Under Published Articles, Travel Articles, Wine and Beer Articles
Discovering the Baja California Wine Region
Published in San Diego Woman Magazine, March 2008
By Robin Dohrn-Simpson
“You go to the house with the three green arches and turn right, follow the dirt road, through the vineyards, cross the stream then follow the signs of the Kremlin. After about two miles you’ll see some large trees, that is the Russian Winery. You can’t miss it.” This is how it is winetasting in ...
Chuao Chocolate
Published Monday, March 17, 2008 By Robin Dohrn-Simpson. Under Food Articles, Published Articles, Travel Articles
Chuao Chocolate
Southern California’s on artisan Chocolate shop
Published in San Diego Woman Magazine March 2008
On Valentines Day, year after year, I go to University Town Center or Encinitas to the Chuao Chocolate Café to purchase chocolates for my honey. I join a line of caring and thoughtful men who gladly make the trek to please our valentines. I am the lone woman in line. I hem and haw and can’t decide ...
