Travel
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National Aviary in Pittsburgh
Birds of a Feather
By: - Nov 08th, 2015The National Aviary is open daily except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas. Although some of the birds must be fed in private, almost all feedings (both vegetarian and carnivorous) are scheduled to be viewable by visitors. Since 1999, annual attendance has consistently topped 100,000.
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Festival
Art in Narrow Streets
By: - Oct 03rd, 2015Come early and stay late. Staying for a week by the sea for the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival. Four intense days of performances bookended by walks on the beach.
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Icelandic Portfolio
Arni's Birthday Party 2015
By: - Oct 03rd, 2015Recently Pippy Giuliano and her family, husband Yuri Tuvim, and daughter Sarah traveled to Iceland. Yuri has family there and they have been frequent visitors over many years. The occasion was to celebrate Arni's birthday. Pippy, a gifted artist, created a stunning portfolio of images. They richly convey the rugged natural beauty of a spectacular landscape.
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Brazil: Part One
Salvador da Bahia
By: - Oct 02nd, 2015Renowned as the center of Afro-Brazilian culture with a mixture of black and white races descended from Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans, Salvador has a unique character shaped by exuberant colors, sounds, rhythms, and flavors. Its historic center has the largest collection of baroque buildings in the Americas.
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Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
Overview of a Week in the Sun: Literally and Culturally
By: - Oct 01st, 2015The 10th Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, occurred from September 24 to 27 with great success during a week of daily sunshine. The weather helped: there were outdoor performances on the beach and on a large deck of the Boat Slip. The town took part with venues including Town Hall, the former High School, a radio station and a Night Club. Of course, two major plays were smashingly performed at the Provincetown Theater. And the buzz was all about TW - Tenn at Ten!
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Newport Wine and Food Festival
Historical Newport Hosts New England's Finest Event
By: - Sep 24th, 2015Newport, Rhode Island and the Mansions of Newport host New England's premier wine and food festival this weekend. Celebrity hosts, Martha Stewart ,Jacques Pepin, as well as Jacques Torres are just a few of the star filled foodie lineup. Over 400 wines will be poured this weekend, as well as two dozen top restaurants that will serve their specialties.
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World Tourism Day is Sunday, September 27th
Visit wineries worldwide for free
By: - Sep 24th, 2015Why not take an impromptu vacation and visit a winery this Sunday. They will open their doors to you with free tours and tastings.
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Chicago Critic Visits New York
Covers Hamilton, The Flick and Desire
By: - Sep 21st, 2015Our Chicago theatre correspondent, Nancy Bishop, recently checked in at the Edison Hotel in the heart of Times Square. She reports on several hot shows: Hamilton, The Flick and Desire.
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Econo Class
Europe on the Cheap
By: - Aug 31st, 2015The thrill is gone traveling to Europe cattle car class. Replicating the steerage passages of our immigrant ancestors. Quality of life dim on el cheapo airlines.
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Tejo's Amazing Portuguese Wines
Tejo Has 50,000 Acres of Vineyards
By: - Aug 23rd, 2015Tejo with its temperate southern Mediterranean climate has 50,000 acres of vineyards, 2800 hours of sunlight a year and less than 30 inches of rainfall each year with temperatures that average 60°F
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Exploring Mexican Cuisine
Vallarta Food Tours
By: - Aug 14th, 2015In addition to the Pitallal neighborhood tour, Vallarta Food Tours offers a day tour that explores Puerto Vallarta’s centro and old town neighborhoods, with sampling of mole enchiladas, traditional ceviche tostadas, tacos from an authentic taco stand, traditional drinks, and regional candies.
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Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix
Saguaro Cactus Featured Among Exotic Species
By: - Aug 11th, 2015The Garden comprises 140 acres and has more than 50,000 plants in its collection, including 139 rare, threatened, or endangered species. It focuses on plants adapted to desert conditions, including an Australian collection, a Baja California collection and a South American collection.
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Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely
An Exciting Hands on Adventure
By: - Aug 06th, 2015Railroad Reality Week takes place at the Nevada Northern Railway Complex, the best preserved, least altered and most complete main yard remaining from the steam railroad era.
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Going Dutch Iron Pot Cooking
Celebrating Nevada's Frontier Heritage
By: - Aug 05th, 2015Dutch oven cooking, popular since colonial times, came to Nevada with the early Mormon settlers of the area and remains a way of life even today. Nevada state parks regularly give demonstrations of how to cook with the short-legged, cast iron vessel with the rimmed lid.
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Edward Hopper Tour in Gloucester Aug. 7
Houses painted by the Artist
By: - Aug 03rd, 2015American realist painter Edward Hopper is known to have painted in Gloucester on five separate occasions during the summer months in the years 1912, 1923, 1924, 1926 and 1928. His earliest visit in 1912 was made in the company of fellow artist Leon Kroll. The Cape Ann Museum will present a guided walking tour of select Gloucester houses made famous by American realist painter Edward Hopper on Friday, August 7 at 10:00 a.m.
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The KUMU Art Museum
Tallinn, Estonia
By: - Aug 01st, 2015The winner of the European Museum of the Year Award in 2008, the KUMU soars as the youthful face of independent Estonia. The museum's state-of-the-art galleries display selections from its 58,000-piece collection of Estonian art from the 18th century to the 1990s, including works from the Soviet era. The KUMU is a compelling destination in Tallinn, Estonia's charming capital.
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Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
Tiffany Treasures in Winter Park, Florida
By: - Aug 01st, 2015Catherine Hinman, the Museum’s Director of Public Affairs and Publications, said “A highlight of a visit [to the Morse Museum] is always the Byzantine-Romanesque chapel interior Tiffany designed for exhibition at the 1893 world’s fair in Chicago, which literally brought fair-goers to their knees in 1893 and continues to mesmerize our visitors today.”
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Dig This a Super Sized Sandbox Near Vegas
Biggest Toys Imaginable
By: - Jul 31st, 2015Ed Mumm the owner of Dig This said, “Originally I thought only men would be into this. As soon as we opened our doors for business, it became very obvious that I was wrong. Half of our clients are woman who apparently have also craved the opportunity to play in bulldozers and excavators. I think it is very empowering for them and is fantastic therapy to take control of a 20 ton piece of machinery and tear up some earth and what ever else is in their way.”
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St. Petersburg
The Cultural Capital of Russia
By: - Jul 26th, 2015Founded by Peter the Great as the Venice of the North, St. Petersburg lives up to that image with inspired art and architecture. Opulent palaces, grand cathedrals, and ornate buildings line its canals connected with beautiful bridges. The fantastic art and cultural programs that fill the monumental buildings make the visit all the more compelling.
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Wyatt Earp King of the Wild Frontier
Encounter with Gunslinger in Virginia City, Nevada
By: - Jul 23rd, 2015By the time he took part in The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Wyatt Earp was already famous; after that October afternoon in 1881, he was a legend.
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Estonia
Tallinn, the capital city
By: - Jul 20th, 2015The old part of Tallinn is a chronicle in stone of the city's history. Carefully conserved narrow little streets, cathedral spires, 15th- 16th- and 17th-century houses define the character of old Tallinn. The new glass and steel high-rise buildings add a youthful touch to a picture-book city.
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Latvia
Riga, Ligatne, Cesis
By: - Jul 15th, 2015At the crossroads of East and West on The Baltic Sea, Latvia offers a vast cultural heritage. Riga, the largest of the Baltic capitals, has a charming Old Town with medieval and baroque architecture and is also considered the capital of Europe's Art Nouveau style with over 800 buildings. Ligatne and Cesis are both small towns within Gauja National Park with historic and natural treasures of their own.
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The Venetian in Vegas
Lagoons in the Deserts of Nevada
By: - Jul 14th, 2015Amazingly you can take a gondola trip through the glorious Venetian an upscale resort hotel in Vegas. There is no need for an expensive trip to Italy when you can toss in gambling for a casino weekend here in the USA.
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Lithuania: Part Two
Klaipeda and the Curonian Spit
By: - Jul 10th, 2015A harbor city on the Baltic Sea, Klaipeda is the gateway to the Curonian Spit, a picturesque strip of sand between the sea and the Curonian lagoon, lined with fishing villages and resorts. The beaches attract amber hunters; the hills beckon with folk sculptures. The strip is also home to a variety of birds such as the grey heron and cormorants.
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Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art
Florida Themed Collection in Daytona Beach
By: - Jul 10th, 2015The newly opened (February 2015) Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art in Daytona Beach features a collection of 2,600 Florida themed oil and watercolor paintings, some dating back to the early 1800s, which recount the state’s cultural, geographic and natural history.
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