Have a hankerin’ to experience some great, old-West history? Try Southwestern Wyoming’s Fort Bridger State Historic Site. A visitor pamphlet states that in 1841 mountain man and explorer, Jim Bridger, said to some would-be suppliers on the Oregon Trail, “I …
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Red Carpet Celebration of 25 Years of the Fabulous SBIFF by Barbara Singer
It was a spectacular happening like no other, as Santa Barbara rolled out the red carpet for 25 years of its fabulous Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) 2010. It’s easy to fall in love with Santa Barbara. There’s no …
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Orlando: The Easy Way by Terry Zinn
Being rushed is not my idea of a vacation. Sleeping in if the weather is not cooperating or if you had a late night, is the only way to vacate your routine world. In Orlando its easy to do just …
Oaxacan Chef inadvertently Sets City of Toronto Ablaze by Alvin Starkman
All Pilar Cabrera really wanted was to do a little promotion for Oaxaca, and make a few Canadian dollars during one of the slowest months of the year for tourism. But by the end of Chef Pilar’s four-week September visit …
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San Luis Obispo, Sunny Spot for the Soul by Emma Krasov
Photography by Yuri Krasov Traveling in California, one can’t help but marvel at a string of beach toy towns, almost artificially created in the most picturesque little valleys squeezed between the blue of the Pacific and the green and gold …
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The Great Piggy Bank Adventure by Estela Chávez-Valdivia
When Spring comes, families often take school breaks as opportunities to travel together. Being together provides parents with an ideal time to talk to kids about subjects sometimes difficult to discuss, including financial literacy. Right in time for those family …
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Spotlight on California: Manhattan Beach by Kimberly Fisher
As you drive down the stretch of open sandy beach from LAX Airport, you notice the idle calmness. Street names slowly change from normal city signs into the descriptive “Seagull”, “Shell”, and “Marine”. The air changes from overly heavy and …
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LITTLE ROCK ROCKS by Nell Raun-Linde
“This place rocks,” a Little Rock, Arkansas picture postcard announced. I laughed at the words flowing across the Arkansas River scene with a bridge that spans it, a River Rail electric streetcar atop it with the woodsy River Trail and …
A Trip to Canyons and Vortexes by Michael Levy
I have just returned from an eight day bus tour of The Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion Canyon, Lake Powell, Antelope Canyon and Monument Valley. There is no doubt about it; the Canyons are truly an awesome sight to behold. …
The Best of Western South Dakota by Terry Zinn
The annual Governor’s Buffalo Roundup in South Dakota has been on my Bucket list for some time. I have always been attracted to the American Bison and am always in awe when in the presence of that intimidating, powerful symbol …
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