Recently I traveled back to my old stomping grounds in Washington DC to attend an event and decided to check out one of the very few tourist attractions I hadn’t already been to (hey, I went to college here, and have been back quite a few times sinc
Read more…The capital of the United States may not be among the first places you´d imagine when looking to travel for Christmas. But it, too, is decked out in twinkling lights and holiday finery, combined with its amazing cultural richness, seasonal e
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As most of us know, today is Columbus Day in the United States and other countries, and Indigenous People's Day in much of Latin America, marking the 528th anniversary of the Christopher Columbus expedition's first landing in the America
I’m a travel writer. Words are what I do. My stories may not always sing, but I usually can put one word in front of another succinctly enough to craft a quasi-well-written article. But when I heard about the newly opened Planet Word several bloc
Welcome to February! Since 1970, it's also been Black History Month in the USA, and since 1995 in Canada, as well (whereas it's observed in October in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands). And though the reason for the African diaspo
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Just two blocks from the White House and within walking distance to everything the nation's capital has to offer, it's easy to see why The Willard InterContinental in Washington DC is known as the "Residence of Presidents
Read more…In an intensely grumpy, topsy-turvy election year in the USA, many politicians and citizens alike just love to inveigh against "Washington" and all it stands for. But as an urban experience, I can tell you as a former resident that DC can be a wonde
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Right in the heart of the U.S. capital, the National Mall, amid grand museums and monuments, National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink. is open mid-November through mid-March. And besides standard sessions on the ice, you can take lessons –
Teachers! It's not too late to plan a fieldtrip to Washington DC......If you are looking for exciting Tour Guides with fun and educational itineraries, I can help! If you need great fund raising ideas, I have pages of proven fundraisors to share wi
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I stepped out of my hotel and into a time machine.Transported back, not in the typical resurrected town like Williamsburg, Va. or quaint seaport village like Mystic, Ct., but truly back where I remembered with emotions raw enough to bring tears to my
Visit the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. to experience an Old World feel. The Cathedral was constructed primarily in the masonry tradition of the great medieval churches of Europe, and includes 112 gargoyles, 231 stained glass wind
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This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is perhaps the most historic since its first celebration as a U.S. national holiday in 1986, coinciding as it does with the second inauguration of the United States’ first black president, Barack Obama. To mark the oc
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Still vibrant and popular today, the five-thousand-year-old art of astrology can identify, say, business and romantic opportunities or challenges. And those celestial bodies slinking about the stars can also help pinpoint optimal times an
