Though I’m not her publicist, I can say with confidence that Oprah is a fan of Daytona Beach, Florida. This city was the home of one of Winfrey’s inspirations, Mary Bethune-a well-deserving Daytona darling who provided education to young black …
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Carnival de Quebec by Carmel L. Mooney
Every year thousands of visitors from around the world come to Quebec City to enjoy the festivities of one of the world’s most enormous winter festivals. Quebec Winter Carnival is ranked among the world’s top ten best winter festivals and …
Big Bear Lake Offers Winter Snow Adventures by Carmel L. Mooney
One of California’s best places for snow much fun is Big Bear Lake, California. We love it more each time we go. There’s so much to do once you arrive on “Big Bear time.” Even though Big Bear has some …
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Philadelphia for the Mature Traveler by Ron Kapon
“Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.” This was an epitaph Fields proposed for himself in a 1925 article in Vanity Fair. It refers to his long standing jokes about Philadelphia (his actual birthplace), and …
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HOTEL HOBNOBBING WITH HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMATS by Stephen W. Ayers
For hotel managers, the days are busy and generally fly by with nary a nod. Yet occasionally the regular routine may give way to the extraordinary! During my time as general manager of the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem, I …
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