ANALYSIS/OPINION: It’s never as simple as us versus them. And even though America’s victory in her war of independence from Great Britain would eventually see her become the most powerful nation in the world’s history, the causes, factors and fallouts from that initial armed conflict are as complex as they are numerous. Thankfully, the new […]
VERDUN, France – What the Europeans called “The Great War” was not going well in the early spring of 1917. The generals on both sides were gambling with young lives like spendthrifts in a grim and grisly game of death across a network of trenches separated by 40 yards of desolation called “no man’s land.” […]
From Travel Pulse InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced this week that it will move to a standard 24-hour cancellation policy. The new policy will roll out in the coming weeks for a majority of the company’s portfolio, which includes brands like Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and Kimpton, among others. “This new change will mean that the […]
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Since everything is bigger in Texas, perhaps it’s little wonder Dallas residents call their hometown “the Big D.” The Lone Star State’s third-largest city by population has seen history both glorious and ignominious since John Neely Bryan hammered down stakes on a small plot of land along the Trinity River in 1841 in the […]
From Travel Pulse The internet is abuzz about Tulum, a tropical beach town just a two-hour drive from Cancun. And while what to pack, which luxury hotel properties are best for massages/facials and how to get to what was once allegedly Pablo Escobar’s vacation home are all, obviously, important topics, I’ve got some Tulum tips that are […]
Tourists visiting Modena will find all the charm of small-town Italy, where people leisurely walk along cobblestone streets in the early summer heat while enjoying gelato – fresh, rich and creamy, as it should be. As a base of regional travel through northern Italy, Modena (pronounced Mo-dah-nah) is located in the Emila Romagna province. Three […]
ANALYSIS/OPINION: California’s Sonoma County certainly doesn’t lack for wineries, and oenophiles are finding even more to love in the microclimate of Sonoma’s Dry Creek Valley, where vintners are producing more and more complex vinos to add to the delicacy that is the Golden State’s grape-based golden harvest. But wine is nothing new to the Dry […]
UNION — A restoration project at Liberty Hall Museum’s wine cellar unearthed spirits 221 years old that had been shipped to the sleepy Elizabethtown cottage shortly after the American Revolution. During the six-month revamp, the museum discovered almost three cases of Madeira wine from 1796 and about 42 demijohns from the 1820s. Some of the […]
MODENA, Italy -Steve McQueen famously said: “Life is racing. Everything else is just waiting.” In June, more than 100 drivers and their crews of the Italian motoring club proved the actor right. The Modena Cento Ore, an annual road rally race through the Northern Italian “Motor Valley” that lies between the Adriatic Sea and the […]
SARATOGA, Wyoming, July 3, 2017 – Most likely, you’ve never heard of Saratoga, Wyoming. Nestled in a tranquil valley between the Sierra Madre Mountains to the west and the Medicine Bow National Forest to the east, this is where you will find Magee Homestead, a peaceful respite from the world in…
