Category: USA
Free Museum Day and Free National Park Day – Together This Weekend!
Come rain or shine there will be plenty to do this weekend with BOTH a Free Museum Day AND a Free National Park Day taking place on September 24, 2011. Rarely do so many great choices for free events take place on the same weekend. This Saturday, September 24th is primo for finding a buddy and heading out to view some of the country’s most cherished posessions, be they natural resources or artitic masterpieces.
Try A Ridiculously Good Pasty from Butte, Montana
A yummy treat from my visit to Butte America: Land of Mullets and Pasties When visiting Butte, Montana, you will quickly discover that you are not, in fact, visiting Butte, Montana, but rather: you are visiting Butte, America. Or, so the locals here tell me. Also, to clear up any confusion from the very start, [...]
How To Get Tour Tickets For The September 11 Memorial In New York
Today as the National 9/11 Memorial opens to the public at ground zero in New York City, I like you, feel compelled to make a pilgrimage – to gaze into the reflecting pools, finger the names of so many lost, and try to bring some sense of closure to the dark terror attack that has scarred [...]
Recipe For A Perfect Summer Weekend – The Newport Wine and Food Festival
Sip, nibble and be entertained in grand style at Newport’s annual Winefest in August. Here’s my trip report of this sparkling event. The day was beautiful, the setting magnificent and before us stretched all the beer, wine and spirits you can consume in a day. We attended the 2nd annual Newport, RI Winefest, held August 19-21st, and [...]
A Look At Broadway’s Family Friendly Shows for Fall 2011
New York, New York. One of the first things that people think of when they think of New York (other than the Statue Of Liberty and Times Square) is Broadway, and your name in lights. There have been long running plays like Les Miserables and Cats, Phantom of the Opera and so many more. But [...]
New England Inns Offer First Responders A Free Stay on 9/11
Distinctive Inns of New England, a group of premier luxury inns is honoring First Responders by offering free or deeply discounted stays on Sunday, September 11, 2011. Four member inns are offering “Free Rooms For First Responders” as a thanks to those who put their lives on the line to assist others and make our [...]
Labor Day Beer Festivals Across The USA!
Everyone is savoring the last days of summer and getting ready to party-out for the long Labor Day weekend. Nothing says summer celebration like a few ice cold mugs of locally brewed beer. It seems Americans has embraced the thought that Labor Day weekend makes a fantastic time for a local brewfest. We’ve discovered an abundance of Beer Fests taking place across the country
12 Cool Family Getaways for Hot August Days
The dog days of August are stretching out before us, and for most of the country it’s been way too hot for way too long. So we’ve pulled together a great list of cool getaway activities across the USA that your whole family will love!
Art Deco Gems of South Beach Miami
Miami Beach is notorious for its wild Spring Break parties but this was not the allure for me. It was, in fact, the Art Deco architecture hemming the Miami coastline that was behind my visit. Consequently, whilst my fellow dorm-mates were sleeping off the night before I was busy planning a walking tour around the Art [...]
Discover a Love For The Sea on a Maine Windjammer Cruise
When did the urge to go to sail on a Tall Ship first tickle your imagination? Was it while watching Errol Flynn swashbuckle his way through tropical ports, reading Jim Hawkins’ adventures on Treasure Island, humming Crosby, Still & Nash’s Wooden Ships, or perhaps watching Captain Jack Sparrow command the Black Pearl? For old and young, the romance of a wooden schooner setting a course for adventure is compelling and should not be put off a moment longer.
