NEWBERRY AND TERRA FOUNDATION TO MOUNT CHICAGOS ONLY MAJOR SESQUICENTENNIAL CIVIL WAR EXHIBITION Home Front: Daily Life in the Civil War North, September 27 through March 24 To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the US Civil War and in conjunction with the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Newberry Library will mount Home Front: Daily Life in the Civil War North, an exhibition of more than 100 items that focuses on the enormous, … [Read more...]
Mallorca 2013
After delays in New York and Dusseldorf, we arrive in Palma, Mallorca at 2:30 p.m. Wonderfully, my husband Damon and I are invited every year to stay in nearby Bendinat. Our host Hal is alone at his seaside house. His daughter, my good friend Kate, and her 13-year-old son Carlos will arrive next week. Despite his years, Hal is remarkably unchanged, his distinctive phraseology continues unabated, examples being the classic “Clock!” and … [Read more...]
Catalina Express says Happy 100th Birthday to the City of Avalon
Travelers Enjoy Free Ride on Your Birthday AND Save Hundreds of Dollars Any Day of the Year with the Avalon Centennial Planner SAN PEDRO, Calif. (August 16, 2013) – Who doesn’t want their cake and eat it too? Catalina Express, the leading boat transportation to and from Catalina Island, sings Happy Birthday to the City of Avalon on its 100th birthday. Throughout 2013, Catalina Express not only continues its Free Round Trip on Your Birthday … [Read more...]
West Sweden & Skane: Volvo’s Car plus Vacation – Day 1-2 of 14
Introduction Two Weeks: Exploring Western Sweden and Skåne with Volvo's Car + Vacation program One way to see Sweden is to buy a plane ticket, rent a car and explore the countryside. Another way is to buy a new Volvo through the company's Overseas Delivery Program and save up to 8% off the US MSRP. Volvo throws in two complimentary roundtrip tickets to Europe with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), one free hotel night in Gothenburg Sweden … [Read more...]
Breathing in the Beauty of Santa Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island is located between 19 and 22 miles from the mainland. Catalina provides the calm, quiet and the rural contrast to the urban 24/7 hum of the city of Los Angeles. The Ying and Yang of urban versus rural environments, if you will. Catalina is world’s away yet still within the confines of Los Angeles County. Getting Here Catalina Express has transported millions of people between the mainland and Avalon or Two Harbors in … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Turn Your Company Into an Innovation Machine
Travelocity, Kayak.com Founder Offers Tips for Culture Change The world’s future leaders overwhelmingly believe that today’s businesses cangrowonly if they can innovate – and that today’s business leaders aren’t demonstrating they’re up to the task. While that’s the thinking of nearly 5,000millennials – the 20- to 33-year-old generation – at least one baby boomer, the innovator who transformed the U.S. travel industry with his creation of … [Read more...]
Branson is family-friendly destination
Branson is family-friendly destination Shows and scenic trails entertain visitors Photos above: Legends entertainers and the Ladies Room at the Tabuchi Theatre Musical entertainment reigns supreme in Branson. This family-friendly city has more than 100 shows, some in theaters with as many as 2,000 seats and the theme that runs throughout is one of patriotism, family values and religion. Veterans are acknowledged and asked to stand at … [Read more...]
Pie-eyed for Pizza: A Love Story
“I could eat pizza seven days a week.” The sentence grabbed me, but I couldn’t decide whether that was a good thing or a bad thing. It was on a site where few sentences grabbed me: Match.com. I jumped to two possible conclusions: a) NBlikesbikes is really boring, or b) NBlikesbikes is really quirky. I have a soft spot for the quirky, and while I was mentally kneading a) vs. b), NBlikesbikes e-mailed me. After a few messages, he asked me … [Read more...]
The Caves of Chattanooga
When I tell Lilia that we are going to view bats, she is scared at first. She knows bats only from horror movies and vampire stories in her favorite manga. All the same, she is willing to go. My concerns, as usual, are about accessibility. My daughter is deaf and uses a wheelchair. We are in the United States on our first mother-daughter trip. My husband and son are back home in Japan, busy with work, and summer school, and baseball practice. … [Read more...]
Accidentally falling in love with the California Zephyr
I haven’t always been enamored with trains. In my past travels, I had been on several rails both in the United States on the east coast and also through small parts of Europe. Those times however, I was too young and naive to appreciate the significance and beauty of a well-placed rail. Now, more than three months into my newly nomadic lifestyle and about 10 years since my last rail adventure overseas, trains have become a larger and more … [Read more...]
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