Must-visit U.S. cities

Loved Monterey. Cambria was a cool little place too.

 

Great suggestions.

I don't think my wife would be much of a Vegas girl, though. She's not exactly a teetotaler, but she's close. She's pretty vice-free.

 

Never had a bad time in Madison or Milwaukee.

 

Man I've have not been to Monterey since '67. Went to a concert up there before shipping
off to Nam. Got to see The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Animals , The Jefferson Airplane, and The
Byrds amongst others.

 

One day 35 years from now someone will say something along the same lines except the concert will've featured Bieber, Gaga, Miley, and the Drive-By Truckers.

 

St. Augustine, Fla.

 

Depends on what you're looking for.
It's not deficient in the arts.

 

My favorites include:

Seattle
Portland (Oregon and Maine)
Austin
Boston
Charleson, SC

 

I've done a bit of US travelling in recent years since my wife is the ME of a Canadian travel mag

Some thoughts on a few places, though I'm hardly an expert and keep in mind I'm easily impressed when I travel:

1. San Diego, fantastic. Great place to take your family. I've never seen weather like it before. My wife wants to go back to Coronado in the worst way. If we could pick a warm weather place to live it would probably be SD.
2. Los Angeles - would go again in a second. Went by myself to do a story on seeing LA without a car. Stayed downtown and used transit to go to all the tourist places, even got to Venice Beach. Took the bus to Bukowski Court. Previously went as a family to Disney but loved our day trip from Anaheim to Universal much more.
3. New York - no place like it that I've seen yet. My wife and I went without kids five years ago and constantly talk about taking them to see it for themselves. My jaw dropped as I looked out the window of our plane at the sheer magnitude of the place.
4. Phoenix/Scottsdale - I can see why all the old Canadians spend winters there. Weather and golf, cleanliness and no crowds. Going back this winter for my first spring training.
5. Sante Fe - another poster mentioned it and I have to agree. My wife and I went there about 15 years ago before kids. Drove through Taos and Sante Fe. Outstanding. Always talk about wanting to see it again.

 

The Wisconsin Dells is not to be missed if you want to go to ground zero of the tourist trap.

 

A I think weren't mentioned, most on the smaller side:

Grand Rapids and Holland, Mich.
Ithaca, N.Y.
Lake Placid, N.Y.
Lancaster, Pa.