Browsing the archives for the Travel category
Browsing the archives for the Travel category
There’s something about New Orleans that feels like the very edges of culture, those unusual underground edges that we reach before we fall. In New Orleans, it’s always a feeling of falling off that very same edge, the edges of the earth, and into the mouths of sea monsters that are waiting just below. There’s [...]
If you have been staying at a great hotel like this and you have been to all the crowded attractions like a whole day just to visit Alcatraz and spend time on the Fisherman’s Wharf. Maybe you caught a comedy show and now you want a day to stroll one of San Franciscos unique neighborhoods [...]
If you stroll through Central Park, you’re sure to come across a number of interesting statues, but one, in particular, may give you reason to pause. At 67th Street, on the southeast side of the park, just off Central Park East Drive/Park Drive North, there’s a bronze statue of Balto, The Wonder Dog. You might [...]
Day one in Burbank, California: took a VIP Warner Brothers Studio tour. It was one of the best studio tours we’ve been on. The groups are small, around 12 people at a time, and we were taken right past working sets. We rode through the back-lots on a small tram vehicle and we were allowed [...]
With most of the major cities in this country there are certain aspects that are specifically associated with them. New York is known for having great theatre, Chicago is not only the windy city but also known for its incredible jazz scene. One of the things Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is most known for is also one [...]
Want to understand what it was like to live on the Western frontier? If so, then you might want to check out the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. This interesting museum has a number of exhibits that display how the chuck wagon was used, how Native Americans dressed, and how frontiersmen even furnished [...]
Seeing a Broadway show is generally at the top of the list of things to do for people who visit New York. And fortunately the city never disappoints as it as some of the best theatre not only in the nation but also in the world. It is the premiere location for opening new plays [...]
Traveling business class can be one of the most elegant ways to go. You don’t necessarily have to be in business to do it, either, although it certainly helps. But there are times when you can decide to perform another version of yourself and travel the way the upper crust travels. Flying is, of course, [...]
One of the ideas, the things, the goals of many dance companies today, is not only to perform, to show you what they have worked for and to “show you what they got”, but it is a desire and a drive to bring the world of dance to the public in a more personal way [...]
What does Knoxville, Tennessee, have in common with Oporto, Portugal? Or Brussels or Montreal, for that matter? How about Paris and London and New York City? There’s a link between this small city and a number of major cities across the world — from Sydney, Australia to Milan, Italy to Osaka, Japan. The answer is [...]