It’s not often that a hotel room feels like a destination, but after our stay in the spacious, family friendly Kids Sensory Suite at the Omni Mandalay near Dallas I can honestly say I couldn’t wait for my family to return to our hotel room! Designed with Kids in Mind The Kids Sensory Suite is [...]
Where can you find the first dinosaur bone found in America? Where can you see the first complete T-Rex skeleton – the one for which the species was named? If you guessed the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History you’d be a very good guesser, but wrong. While the collection of dinosaur bones in DC [...]
I’ll be honest. I don’t like haunted houses or being scared. I’m a self-professed weenie when it comes to horror movies, gore, and monsters. But I know that there are legions of you Halloween fanatics who will go to the ends of the Earth to find the scariest, most haunted houses each year. Because I’m [...]
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The end of summer brings a ritual to the Midwest United States: the State Fair. State fairs began as an exposition of sorts; a way to showcase the best in agriculture and entertainment while allowing manufacturers and industry to introduce their products to thousands of people. Midwest state fairs hold on to traditions; you’ll still [...]
Travel + Leisure, one of the industry’s leading consumer magazines, has released its annual list of the world’s best in travel, as decided by its readers. In the hotels category, it lists the top 100 over-all hotels, and then breaks down the lists by geographic regions. In the Top 100 category, I found it interesting [...]
What a treat! We spent the weekend reveling in a Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Victory parade and then decided to reward ourselves after a long day of cheering with something as sweet as victory. Dessert. We wandered over to the North End in search of cupcakes. Our friend assured us that Lulu’s Sweet Shoppe was [...]
Opened in 1934, Ship Tavern has maintained its rustic nautical décor, so much so that you almost feel the salty breeze of the ocean. One of three restaurants located within the historic Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver, the Ship Tavern is laid back, upscale dining. Walk into the pub-style restaurant, complete with a ship mast [...]
With movies costing as much as a lunch entrée, they hardly qualify as a cheap date option anymore. But thanks to Windy City thrift, you can enjoy the wonderful combination of movies and booze at select locations. Combine the entertainment of a film with the camaraderie of a bar and you have an affordable date night. Add the [...]
Product Description Folded paper (waterproof), road and travel map in color. Scale 1:920,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from freeways/expressways to other roads (unpaved). Legend includes tracks, railroads, ferry routes, waterfalls, wildlife reserves/game sanctuaries, sites of natural interest, parks or reserves, international airports, national airports, airfields, gas stations, hospitals/medical facilities, campsites/huts, rest houses, hotels, border crossings, UNESCO [...]