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Travel & Visitors Guide - Oct. 11, 2009

Orlando: Sting Rays, Scallops and Space Shuttles (for the big kids!)

Orlando is often synonymous with the word Disney. Of course, it’s the place you go where dream come true, kids frolic around like they are in heaven and those of us without kids get annoyed. Being a single woman in my early 30’s with no kids, Disney just doesn’t do...

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 27, 2009

Boston: Cleavage contests, flying turtles and Green Monster Ale

Boston is everything that people expect it to be—home of the “Cheers” bar, the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots, and another city enriched with history. For me, I like to check out the unexpected though and go a little off-the-beaten path. About an hour sout...

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 13, 2009

Los Angeles: 14 lane highways, monks and thin mints

15 years ago, I opted to stay in girl scouts in high school. As you might assume, I caught a lot of grief for it and was slapped with the nerd label. One thing a lot of people don’t know is that as you get older in scouting, it’s not all about selling Thin Mints and Samoa Girl Scout C...

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 30, 2009

Washington DC: rubber chickens, chocolate body paint and hot sauces... my type of place

The Smithsonian. The Washington Monument. The White House. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Lincoln Memorial. All of the above are things commonly thought of and visited when someone goes to Washington D.C. And rightfully so. They are an important part of our nation’s history and...

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 9, 2009

San Diego: "Nuts from all over the world meet here"

About 15 years ago, I was treated to a rainy, cold week in San Diego with my parents for my brother’s graduation from the Marines at Camp Pendleton. That’s right. I said rainy, cold, parents and Marines. I don’t remember much about that trip, and I haven’...

Recent Talkbacks

Article - Sept. 25, 2012

Goodbye, Alterra Mayfair

HeySuburbia is correct--I s...

Article - March 7, 2011

OnMedia: A change in the weather

If Ritka is now doing weeke...

Article - June 7, 2010

Brewers release Suppan

Great guy in the community,...

Article - Dec. 14, 2009

Brewers roster has a balanced look