Our Travels
Bon Appetit: Friends in Frejus and More Recipes
As world travelers and photographers, Henderson Productions joined forces with our friends from Poggio Amorelli B&B to explore culinary France. Master Chef contestant Angela Perkins contacted chefs in five distinct regions and asked us to design and document the...
Bon Appetit: Provence and Arriving at our Apartment above the Cours Mirabeau
As world travelers and photographers, Henderson Productions joined forces with our friends from Poggio Amorelli B&B to explore culinary France. Master Chef contestant Angela Perkins contacted chefs in five distinct regions and asked us to design and document the...
Inspirations
Tuscany with Olive Garden: History and Lessons in Tuscan Ingredients
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Gross National Happiness: A Zen lesson in Bhutan
Hmmm. One sets off to the remote country of Bhutan with a certain amount of excitement: the thrill of a new place, the limited availability of visas to even visit, researched images dancing in the brain, possible interactions with a relatively isolated culture. ...
How to Get Started
WOW Views on New Zealand’s South Island
In the spring of 2016, Henderson Productions took an extended do-it-yourself driving tour of New Zealand. We’re excerpting portions of our trip in this blog. Both a book and plan-it-yourself itinerary are available for sale in our Shop on...
German Holiday Foods – or What to NOT Miss at a German Christmas Market
Ah, good old German food. You might have already sorted out I went to high school in Germany so I might be a smidge biased. But if you like warm, comfort foods, you’ll be hard pressed to find things to hate during the holidays in...
Backstory
Simulators and Virtual Reality Oh My
The 558th Training squadron of the USAF Air Education and Training command at Randolph AFB in San Antonio touches some full circle life experiences for me. When I was born in the early 60s my father was a maintenance technician for Air Force simulators and some of my...
A Journey in the Autumn of Life
This is a tribute to the strength of aging Alzheimer patients and those who love them. Her eyes look haunting in the rearview mirror as the others snooze. Heavy lidded, she’s trying desperately like the mental toddler she is to stay awake and watch it all go...
Recent Posts
Tuscany with Olive Garden: The Third Best Restaurant in Tuscany
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: A Free Day in Florence
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: An Evening of Florentine Hospitality
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: The Beauty of Firenze
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: The Recipes
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: All Hands-on-Deck in the Fizzano Kitchen
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: All about Olives and Chianti with Rocca della Macia
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: Dinner in Sienna
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: A lesson in the Fizzano Kitchen
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: History and Lessons in Tuscan Ingredients
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: Home Base at Reserva di Fizzano
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: Lunch in Porto San Stefano
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Tuscany with Olive Garden: It IS like the Commercials
In the spring of 2013, Henderson Productions was proud to travel with the experts from the restaurant chain, Olive Garden to explore as much about food and Tuscan life as possible. We’ve created this series of blogs which, like the region, should remain relatively...
Pipestone – The Best Monument in the National Park System
In the mid-1990s, we spent a half year roaming the country in the ultimate boomer dream, a motorhome. One of our goals for the trip was to see as many national parks as we could. In those pre-internet-at-your-fingertips days, we went with three books: a guide...
Save the Best for Last – North Dakota Has a Sense of Humor
In an effort to tick off the list for my 50th state to visit, we planned a pandemic-summer trip to North Dakota. (It was combined with Rick’s 50th state of Kansas to make a complete circle.) What an absolutely delightful surprise to learn the North Dakota state...
Fifty/Fifty – a Pandemic Trip Chasing 50th States
Been thinking a lot lately about the fall of our lives. Both of us are approaching some big milestone years so we started looking at round numbers and realized a couple years ago that we both only had one state left to see. Rick needed to see Kansas. I was missing...
The Ten Best Things from 2020
I’m a glass half full kind of girl so while everyone is super busy disparaging and writing off 2020, I thought I’d take a look at ten positives from this crazy year. I see all of these as forward motion and perfect examples of resilience and rebirth here in...
Simulators and Virtual Reality Oh My
The 558th Training squadron of the USAF Air Education and Training command at Randolph AFB in San Antonio touches some full circle life experiences for me. When I was born in the early 60s my father was a maintenance technician for Air Force simulators and some of my...
A Journey in the Autumn of Life
This is a tribute to the strength of aging Alzheimer patients and those who love them. Her eyes look haunting in the rearview mirror as the others snooze. Heavy lidded, she’s trying desperately like the mental toddler she is to stay awake and watch it all go...
Historic Rt 11 in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley
It’s a lovely sunny early autumn day in the Shenandoah Valley as we wake and venture into our farmhouse kitchen after a comfortable night under handmade quilts in our rental cabin. The 18thc floors show their age – bowed and just creaky enough to provide a hint of...
A Little More on the Search for Amazing Pie
A friend recently asked me if I plan my trips around pie. Well, not exactly. It just turns out to be a good judge of a place. A wonderful pie is not an easy thing to make. And more often than not, it’s the sign of a real cook in the kitchen. One can toss some...
Shenandoah Valley Fall Escape
Stretched out on the sloping lawn alongside a creek in the Shenandoah Valley on an early autumn afternoon with the dappled sun filtering thru the ancient black walnut and chestnut trees is the perfect respite from a hectic and crazy summer of strife and conflict. ...
Thoughts on Pie – The Shenandoah Valley Favorite
I’m not exactly a foodie. We don’t generally travel for specific food reasons preferring instead to eat local and find the specialities of the region. I always prefer a local diner or restaurant than chains and have been known to go out of our way if someone has...
Safari Means ‘Journey’ in Swahili
In the winter of 2019, Henderson Productions took a small group to Tanzania for a 14-day adventure. This blog series tells the story of the trip and our fellow travelers. Using our network around the world, we curated a tour to give us local connections and...
(we’re free birds too)
