Weekend Getaways

Wadsworth Atheneum – Hartford CT

Main Building of the Wadsworth Atheneum – opened 1844   When I travel, I love finding small art museum with good collections. The Wadsworth Atheneum is one of my favorite finds. Opened in 1842, the Atheneum is the oldest public art museum in the…

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Travel for Garden Lovers, Part I

Gardens and their houses have often been the focus of my travels, in Europe and the United States.  The gardens are most important, the houses also of great interest to me.

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Amazon Edges Closer to Hotel Booking

Amazon has repeatedly denied it wants to move into the world of online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity or booking sites like booking.com, but they keep making moves that look like that’s in their future.   The latest move is…

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Colorado National Monument

  While many of the units of the US National Park system are frequently visited and very busy, there are also a few less crowded places.   Colorado National Monument (known to locals as ” The Monument” ) falls into the latter category….

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Signs of Downtown Las Vegas

 Las Vegas is one of the most loved — and despised — travel destinations in the world.  Some folks bask in and are energyzed by its non-stop action and adrenaline, the gambling, the booze, the neon lights — everything you imagine. Others not so much.

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Memphis, Tennessee 3) The rest of the city

        There’s a lot more to Memphis than Graceland, although  Graceland is by far the city’s most popular attraction (which I’ve previously discussed here ).   A city of about 650,000, Memphis has a…

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Las Vegas Celebrates the Chinese New Year!

Happy New Year!!  Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, the dawn of the Year of the Goat (or Sheep or Ram).  The date varies from year-to-year, but Chinese New Year falls on the first day of  the first lunar month  in the Chinese…

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Wadsworth Atheneum – Hartford CT

Main Building of the Wadsworth Atheneum – opened 1844   When I travel, I love finding small art museum with good collections. The Wadsworth Atheneum is one of my favorite finds. Opened in 1842, the Atheneum is the oldest public art museum in the…

Read More

Amazon Edges Closer to Hotel Booking

Amazon has repeatedly denied it wants to move into the world of online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity or booking sites like booking.com, but they keep making moves that look like that’s in their future.   The latest move is…

Read More

Colorado National Monument

  While many of the units of the US National Park system are frequently visited and very busy, there are also a few less crowded places.   Colorado National Monument (known to locals as ” The Monument” ) falls into the latter category….

Read More

Signs of Downtown Las Vegas

 Las Vegas is one of the most loved — and despised — travel destinations in the world.  Some folks bask in and are energyzed by its non-stop action and adrenaline, the gambling, the booze, the neon lights — everything you imagine. Others not so much.

Read More

Las Vegas Celebrates the Chinese New Year!

Happy New Year!!  Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, the dawn of the Year of the Goat (or Sheep or Ram).  The date varies from year-to-year, but Chinese New Year falls on the first day of  the first lunar month  in the Chinese…

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