Articles by Karen Rubin

Karen Rubin with Eric Leiberman and Sarah Falter, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com A staple of a visit to Sonoma, California, where nature and art come together in a perfect blend, is a tasting at one […]

The Best of the Alps, a tourism promotion consortium founded more than 40 years ago, recently came to town to remind American travel writers that this is where skiing began over 100 years ago and […]

By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com The Best of the Alps, a tourism promotion consortium founded more than 40 years ago, recently came to town to remind American travel writers that this is where […]

By Karen Rubin, Laini Miranda and Dave E. Leiberman, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com New York State has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to skiing. Besides the world-class Olympic Regional Development Authority ski areas of […]

By Karen Rubin, Laini Miranda and Dave E. Leiberman, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com Governor Kathy Hochul celebrated the official start of the 2024-25 winter season with the daily opening of New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority […]

By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, www.goingplacesfarandnear.com Travel is inevitably a journey of discovery, of self-fulfillment, of personal enhancement and change. It is about doing, engagement, forging relationships, and yes, lifelong memories. Enhance your traveler’s upcoming […]

By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, www.goingplacesfarandnear.com What could be a better, more thoughtful gift than giving a part of the world, some memorable, life-enhancing, life-changing experience, something from their bucket-list or that fulfills a long-held […]

Karen Rubin, Columnist What President Joe Biden and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer should be doing before Trump and the MAGAs take over: Schumer should keep Senate in session every day until the end of the […]

By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, www.goingplacesfarandnear.com Some places really exude the storybook, magical, wonderland vibe of the winter holiday season, filling everyone with good cheer and lifelong memories. Here are some of our favorites within […]

In assessing how Kamala Harris lost the election to Donald Trump, Stanley Feldman, a political scientist at Stony Brook, told Reach Out America that the campaigns didn’t matter. Not even the candidates mattered – which […]