This is one of the reasons I still read the New York Times. For the most part, all the news that the New York Times prints is not even news that’s fit to wipe your behind with, but every now and then, the Grey Lady comes up with a stunner of an article that goes […]

Posted on August 30th, 2008 by Thomas
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I haven’t read the book, so this is actually a review of a San Jose Mercury News review of this new book - The Guide to Politically Incorrect Travel - whose writer Sharri Moore is a corporate travel agent in Alameda at an agency called ‘Fly Me to the Moon Travel’.
Could this be anymore wacky? Yes, it could, because […]

Posted on August 5th, 2008 by Thomas
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Chicago vacations invariably come with a liberal dose of jazz, but the labor day weekend is something special, even for jazz struck Chi-town. The City of Chicago’s longest running lakefront annual music festival - The Chicago Jazz Festival - turns 30 this year. Scheduled for the Labor Day weekend from August 28-31, 2008, at Grant Park […]

Posted on August 4th, 2008 by Thomas
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Thinking about Phoenix vacations? If you aren’t, stop start clowning around and pack your bags, cause its National Clown Week, and in Rawhide, its Clown Day on Saturday, August 9 2008. Its the largest Clown gathering in the Southwest, with over a 100 clowns raising cain with rip-roaring antics and face-paintings for kids and hilarious stage […]

Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by Thomas
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The Princeton Review’s annual college rankings in the 2009 edition of their ‘Best 368 Colleges’ includes the list of 20 top party schools in the nation. The University of Florida in Gainesville tops the list, and the only school in California to make the cut is UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara), which comes in at No.9 […]

Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Thomas
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Florida may have the best beach in the nation in Caladesi Island, and it has South Beach and Disney World and and all sorts of enticements for visitors, residents and tourists alike. Miami vacations are selling like hot cakes. Orlando hotels are packed to the rafters with family travelers. But the one things Florida apparently does not have is […]

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Thomas
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Museums are supposed to be old, in every sense. I mean, most Museums you can name have been around since before you were born, and the stuff inside most Museums is likely older than my great, great grandpa (Yeah, he was a great guy..). Which is why its kind of a big deal when more than one […]

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Thomas
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