| My Cinco de Mayo
by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
During a 36 break between San Francisco and New York, I was lucky enough to be home in Dallas for Cinco de Mayo. Being home for even a short time is something to celebrate. Cinco de Mayo is one of the most fun, most colorful and...(more) | TRAVEL TIDBITS What to Drink with What you Eat Jamaica Dogsled Encounter Offers a Special for Kids It May Be Cheaper to Fly to Asia Than to Drive Home Have Some Smooth Jazz With Your Bubbly Cookin’ and Cuttin’ Up in Texas The Towns Best Kept Secret: Lake Las Vegas Have Some Smooth Jazz With Your Bubbly It takes a leader to be a leader Hotel Terra Jackson Hole Opens the Eco Friendly Chill Spa Spice Up Your Cinco de Mayo Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Latin Chic Pacific Northwest Wining & Dining St. Augustine – A Ghostly Encounter Pisco Souring our Way through Peru Dos Caminos plus Bostich + Fussible equals an exciting Cinco de Mayo celebration Three Great Reasons to Visit Munich This Year Taste an entire Continent in one Evening Many past Presidents had homes in New York I may loose my heart in San Francisco, but I lost my car keys somewhere else The Greatest Story Ever Told If You’re Hungry for Paris – Voila! Spring Fiesta for Dallas Black Dance Theatre Travel and Help Your Favorite Cause at the Same Time This Tour Will Really Blow You Away Learning American History — 21st Century Style NY Theater: Bway dissects the misery of women as wives |
| Is your Mother as Sexy as these Screen Sirens?
by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
Anne Bancroft was winner of a poll which ranked the hottest “cougar” in film and television. A "cougar" is like a pussycat that has a black belt in attracting men. A number of man-hungry women have graced television and cinema ...(more) |
| Beautiful Formosa
by Sandra Scott
In the 16th century, when the Portuguese visited Taiwan they named it Formosa, their word for “beautiful.” The island is so green it could be dubbed the “Ireland of Asia.” Taiwan is advertised as a place that will “Touch Your Heart,” and ...(more) |
| A Rocher that Rocks!
by Sally Peabody
Biarritz, a soigné little seaside resort in the delightful French Pays Basque region, has drawn visitors, humble and haute, for centuries. Indeed one of its grand seafront hotels, still welcoming guests in baronial style, was once the ...(more) |
| Three Pearls of Croatia
by Terje Raa
My favorite part of Croatia forms a triangle, blue as the Adriatic and with corners made up of three pearls: Split, Hvar and Dubrovnik. It’s an oddly shaped triangle, in which Split marks the upper corner and Hvar Town lies vertically below...(more) |
| Guilin: Pearl Of Southern China
by Habeeb Salloum
Located in the middle of one of the world’s most natural-stunning landscapes, Guilin has long laid claim to having the most beautiful scenery in China. The city with a population of 700,000, a small city by Chinese standards, is ...(more) |
| New York City Museum Brings Tenement Experience to Life
by Colette Connolly
Want to take your kids on a fascinating journey back in time? Then visit 97 Orchard Street, the nation’s first official archive of the tenement experience in New York City. My husband and I are history buffs and so is our 12-year...(more) |
| How to, Like, Have a ‘Bad’ Time with Your Teen in Vail
by Eliza Cross
No one wants to vacation with a sulky teenager. Choose a destination without “phat” activities, ignore gotta-have amenities like Internet access and MTV, throw in a cramped hotel room – and you might as well just stay home. The ...(more) |
| Stirred not Shaken
edited by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
I was an exchange student to London when I was in highschool. I was there in the height of the James Bond movies. Although I was too young to drink in the United States, cocktails were a passion for every teenager. How sophisticated...(more) |
| Same, Same but Different
by Sandra Scott
“Same, same but different” is a familiar saying in Vietnam. Ten years ago, my husband, John and I were in Vietnamese restaurant and he ordered spinach. The waitress said, “We don’t have.” Pointing to another item on the menu she...(more) |
| Have the French Really Stopped Smoking?
by Karen Fawcett
Pass laws. Make it so expensive that it’s a major part of your weekly budget. Plaster “Smoking Kills” warnings on cigarette packages. Does that do the trick to persuade the French not to light up as if there’s no tomorrow? It’s too...(more) |
| Blue Man Group gets more colorful with Age
by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
About 25 years ago, my family went to a small off-Broadway theatre (perhaps it was off-off Broadway it was so small) to see Blue Man Tubes. No one had heard much about the show. My kids and ex-husband loved every minute of the...(more) |
| A Grand Old Dame Turns 200
by Fran Folsom
Standing proudly over Grand Manan Channel, which separates the United States from Canada’s Grand Manan Island, West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec Maine perches on the easternmost point of land in America. It has been...(more) |
| Bangkok Mini-vacation
by Sandra Scott
Any reason is a good reason to visit Bangkok. My husband and I are frequent travelers in Asia and we make sure that Bangkok is on the itinerary. Some of our trips are long – some are as long as three months. During our three...(more) |
| A Handful of Spanish Towns
by Terje Raa
On a map of southeast Spain, I seek five towns which should be like the fingers of a hand - located close to each other, different in size and shape and yet go well together. I use my right hand as a search tool, freezing its little finger at...(more) |
| Washington’s Top Mixologists
by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
Three Days before Katrina struck New Orleans, I toured a small, makeshift museum above a pharmacy in the French Quater. Various mixologists had contributed their own personal memorabilia collections. I left town ...(more) |
| Thailand - A Trip to Remember
Thailand is an extraordinary vacation destination. The Thai’s are very peaceful and reserved. At each of our hotels we were treated with such graciousness and incomparable hospitality. The women are sweet and humble. The men...(more) |
| Being Among the Newly Poor
by Karen Fawcett
By definition, expatriates who live in Paris usually don't feel as if ordering a café at the local tabac is going to break their weekly budget, most especially if they stand at the bar where the French government regulates the cost of un...(more) |
| A Walk on the Wild and Wondrous Side
by Irene Butler
Knowing we would be at the whim of nature’s moods for eight days, my husband Rick and I, plus four of our adult offspring set out to test our endurance trekking one of the most difficult trails in North America. The West Coast Trail...(more) |
| Albany – A Capital Idea of Historical Proportions
by Sandra Scott
When asked to name the capital of New York State many people think of New York City. But as every 4th grade New York State student knows, Albany is the Empire State’s capital. Tourists zipping along the New York Thruway ...(more) |
| Posh Passover: Where are you eating your Sedar?
by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
To me Passover is the most delicious holiday of the year. A sedar with four glasses of wine, ceremonial tasting, and then a meal almost big enough to last 8 days (Ooops- I guess that was Chanukah and the oil that lasted that ...(more) |
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