A Busy Weekend in Portland
We spent a long weekend visiting family and friends in Portland recently, stuffing a variety of activities in just a few days. The biggest draw was our 4-year-old granddaughter's participation in her preschool's spring "dinner theater" and silent auction fundraiser on Friday night. We had seen this same group of 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds perform in a December Reindeer Games variety show and were impressed with the performances (singing and dancing and dialogue) the children's teachers pulled out of them, and we'd been told that the spring show was an even bigger extravaganza. It turned out to be true.
Travel in Style
In a meeting about 30 years ago, the executives of United MileagePlus reported an internal survey indicated their best business customers were also their best leisure customers. It came as no shock to me, as I understand well the travel bug bites hard; and when you travel for business, you are always looking for that other place to discover on your own. Same goes with bleisure: Long before the term became widely used by the industry, we were using it and living it at Global Traveler. Often my business trips to California, Florida and all over the world included a weekend of golf, usually with clients.
Sailing and Snorkeling in the U.S. Virgin Islands
On the second half of my journey with Holland America Line, we docked at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands on a particularly breezy and sunny day. Alongside another cruise ship, we disembarked and boarded a catamaran called Castaway Girl.
Loyola Home Run Derby
“It might be. It could be. It is! Home run!” That was the way late Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray called home runs in Chicago for so many years. If Caray was at Loyola's Hoyne Park on Saturday, he would have broken out that call for one important homer.
A Few Days in Tegernsee: Germany Part 2
In my last blog, I wrote about my flight to Germany on Condor Airlines’ business class, and now it’s time to get into a full recap of my trip — starting in Tegernsee.
A Busy Chicago Weekend
My last few days were spent at a play, a children's birthday party and a college softball game. Although it was busy, it was a lot of fun.
Talking Travel with Kelsi Davies
Multi-hyphenate Kelsi Davies grew from a shy youngster to a social media influencer with millions of followers. Along with being famous around the world, Davies is a world traveler.
Spring at Last
With the rain came the flowers, but what a lovely transition either way!
Museums of Dublin
I finally have some exciting travel to talk about — I just returned from joining my parents to visit my sister in Ireland, where she is finishing up her study abroad semester at Dublin City University. There’s so much to share from the eight-day trip that I’m going to spread it out over several blog posts. For this first blog post, I’ll focus on the museums we went to in Dublin and save other aspects of the city and our time in Galway for the coming weeks.
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Apr 25, 2024Former Massachusetts Glasses Factory Transforms into New Hotel
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