Travel, Cruise

The Accra I met more than a decade ago, on my arrival in
Ghana was a crowded, hot humid yet dusty hive of activity. For the naïve
volunteer set, of which I was a gold star member, it was an overwhelming sense
of the absoluteness of cultural difference. There was nothing remotely familiar
and we basked in the alien […]

The incidence of jellyfish events this past week has dropped ever so slightly, heightening our paranoia that the jellies are amassing before a final virulent strike in the last weeks of summer.
While there were no out-and-out invasions this week, two smaller incidents deserve note: A fisherman died of cardiac arrest after being stung in Barangay […]

Two American tourists prepping a sailboat for a cruise from Guatemala to the United States were allegedly attacked by four locals brandishing machetes on Lake Izabal. While Nancy Dryden survived the assault, her husband Perry was killed by the men, who demanded dollars, which the couple didn’t have.
The four assailants then swam off, leaving the […]

It’s been a bit since we last heard from Delta and Northwest about their forthcoming tie-up. But today Delta announced that pilots for both airlines have agreed to a “joint contract” that will cover all 12,000 of them when the merger is completed “later this year.”
According to the Associated Press, the pilots still haven’t figured […]

Now that checked bag fees have quickly become the norm among cash-poor carriers, are pay-to-lay blankets and pillows bound to be the next big thing? It was only last week that JetBlue announced plans for $7 blankets and pillows aboard flights exceeding 2 hours, and now comes word that US Airways will soon follow. The […]

One of most iconic summer fun images is the sunny, sandy beach.  There are many options when selecting a beach to go to, as beaches range from lakeshores to ocean coasts, family-oriented to secluded and completely private.

Family Beach TimeMany stretches of beach today are family-friendly, as beach-combing with the family is a easy and fun […]

There may be a few more weeks of summer, but we’re already longing for the cooler breezes of sweater weather. The Field to Table Festival at the grand Biltmore mansion hits a couple of our fall-plan hot buttons: The setting is impeccable and the potential menus, delicious.
Sustainable agriculture experts will be on hand September 19 […]

Dallas is very
rich in culture and beauty. You can get in to Dallas
by plane, train, car and bus. The simplest and most reliable way to get around Dallas
is by car. Museums and aquarium are the things to see. State Fair, White Rock Lake and Golf are the some of the things to do. I decided […]

John McCain and Barack Obama may be sparring over the best ways for America to burn even more fossil fuels, but come convention time–August 25-28 for Dems and September 1-4 for the GOP–bike sharing will be the way to go thanks to the Freewheelin program.
Sponsored by the healthcare company Humana and the non-profit group Bikes […]

The Espai d’ Art Contemporani de Castelló museum, near Valencia, Spain is hosting a fantastic exhibit called REACTIVATE!! Highlighting architecture projects that transform underused and forgotten urban areas and buildings into vital public spaces, it runs through August 31.
The designers in the show have thrown out the notion of loitering and use temporary and modular […]