“There's a small hotel, with a wishing well, I wish that we were there together…” In 1936, the renowned songwriting team of Rodgers and Hart wrote those words in a song entitled “There’s A Small Hotel.” One claim has it that the inspiration for the song came...
Lebanon, Ohio, located between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio (and within a 600-mile radius of 65 percent of the U.S. population), is a friendly town that exudes Midwestern charm. In 1802, when a surveyor laid out the community, Broadway and Main Streets ran through the town and intersected at...
Like the mythological Egyptian bird Phoenix, two historic buildings, rising from the ashes of their burned-out past, have emerged in the form of two new hotels. Like the bird that is associated with creation and renewal, the two hotels...
Touring a new destination is nice, but injecting a little levity into the day makes it even nicer. A desirable source of humor and frivolity can be found in expected...
“Beantown”, as Boston has historically been dubbed, is much more than Boston Baked Beans. It is Ducks that will splash you into the waters of the Charles River and swans that will glide you atop the waters of the Lagoon in Boston’s Public Garden. It is a...
Golf season is fast approaching and your traveling companion wants to go to a "golf resort". Even though you may not be a golfer, don't pass up the chance to accompany a golf devotee to a golf resort...
In 1967's candy-colored Summer of Love, John Lennon wrote the words "All you need is love, love is all you need". Now, some 56 years later, allow me to suggest some romantic places where you might choose to celebrate love, not only on the official...
San Francisco has been formally and eloquently praised in every way imaginable. Author John Steinbeck called it “a golden handcuff with the key thrown away”. Newscaster Walter Cronkite eulogized the city with these words: " Leaving San Francisco is like saying goodbye to an old...
Looking back at my travel columns from the past year, I could not help but re-live some of my favorite experiences. That may well be one of the most valuable benefits of travel. Nothing...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Christmas merchandise has arrived in stores...