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
Read more…You don’t necessarily have to ski or snowboard to have fun playing outside during winter travel– nor do you even need a mountain! Right in the middle of many urban destinations, renting a pair of skates and mingling with the locals is a fabulous way
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
This summer, Americans don't need to seek something exotic and adventurous abroad. The U.S. has plenty of adventures close at hand, from the storied Boston Harbor to a historic village in Ohio to the bridges of Yosemite Valley.
Just as with the place
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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
