We left Spring Training in Mesa, Arizona after watching several San Diego Padres ballgames. We were only planning to stay for 2 nights, but my husbands dad had to have emergency surgery (every thing is fine now), so we instead stayed 4 days. But, has we are retired, our schedule is very flexible. While we [...]
Last summer Carl suggested that we take the boys on a historic discovery tour and vacation. Generally we make our summer plans based on theme park and adventure journey contexts and to be honest most of our vacations are based on those kind of thrilling experiences that are pure commercial spectacle and entertainment. Of course [...]
New York gets more interesting when you are chasing something. It’s possible to chase someone, looking for an elusive love that keeps slipping out of your grasp, but it’s better that the someone remain nameless, because people often get away, or they can be caught and you might end up finding yourself married to the [...]
This is where she came in, a storm dancing on the edge of a knife, and a night balanced on the edge of a song. She said she did not come to stay, and no one stays here for very long, because the sweetest places are also the most precarious places, and for that night [...]
There are places high in the mountains, low along the coast of the Atlantic and plenty of green in between to explore in the state of Georgia. The history is rich with stories of winning and loosing battles and rebuilding communities. The state is also shining with pride in these modern times as it has [...]
The Eastern U.S. city of Philadelphia is similar to many Eastern cities of the country, in that there is an appreciation not only of the arts and music, but of the history of those arts and that music that is shared willing and enthusiastically with all those who come to visit the city for the [...]
We were going to Los Angeles first, to visit Allen, a long time friend and his wife Carey, when we got a call from Allen and he told us to pull up this hotel website http://www.hotelsburbank.com: on our Iphone, because he found us a place for the night at a Burbank hotel and this site [...]
I grew up just outside of Atlanta, Georgia and as a child I can remember my grandparents taking me into the city to see a movie at the Fox Theater. They always made such a big deal about it and I always had a great time but didn’t realize what a major landmark the theater [...]
At a time when the world is becoming infinitely smaller day by day, travel becomes a bit easier, perhaps, and certainly more necessary. Although it’s much easier to communicate with friends, loved ones, and new acquaintances in other countries, it’s still important to be there, in order to start to have any real kind of [...]
You never really know a person until you can sit down and have a long meal with them. At least, that’s one of the best ways. You can find out all sorts of things about a person by the way they conduct themselves when they’re busy eating. It might sound a little creepy, like I [...]