Athena Lucero
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Gatwick Airport
Preface While rummaging through boxes looking for a death certificate, I found “A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to Gatwick Airport,”...
"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world."
- Gustav Flaubert
"Traveling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller."
- Ibn Battuta
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2022 Photo Contest: International Food, Wine, And Travel Writers Association
I am delighted to share that I received two awards for my entries in this year’s IFWTWA Photo Contest in the categories of Food and Wine...
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Discover A Mountain Resort Town Close To Downtown Los Angeles
“This looks like a resort,” a friend said, as we drove past the town square in Sierra Madre, California.
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Magic Inspires!
My visits to three small towns in Mexico left me utterly enchanted as they took me back in time.
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In Pursuit of Swiss Cheese
Home in Southern California, I was on a mission to find Emmental or Emmentaler – aka Swiss cheese with the holes.
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Featured on TraveLife: Claremont, California
Featured on TraveLife, my story on Claremont, CA, "City of trees and PhDs."
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A Serendipitous Road Trip to Paso Robles
Not all roads lead to Paso Robles wine country in California’s Central Coast. But in 2015, two events would lure me back.
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Hungarian Wine Is Above The Radar Once More
Hungarian wines could be a household word today, but two world wars and communist rule forced a major pause.
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Trevor Tortomasi Interviews Carl Hill on Taiwan Talk
In another fantastic interview, “Wisdom from the Black Expat – Podcaster, Traveler, and Bar Owner – Carl Hill,”
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International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association 2021 Photo Contest
I am deeply honored to receive awards from the 2021 International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association Annual Photo Contest
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Fine Wine is the Pride of Texas
Texas is the country’s fifth largest wine producing state after California, Washington, New York, and Oregon and the fifth largest in number
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