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Welcome to Boston! Known as the unofficial capital of New England, Boston blends the historic and the hip, and the sophisticated and the casual.  If you want it, Boston has it. From historical sites to live music to city parks to harbor views to delicious food to great shopping, you’ll find it and much more […]

A brightly lit skyline with elevated towers reflecting off the water of Lake Michigan, and a cool breeze blows across my face. This scenario could only describe my wonderful windy city, Chicago.
History
Chicago got its name from the native Indian word that described the area. Chicago was founded in 1673 by European explorers, Louis Joliet and […]

Disneyland, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Malibu, the Hollywood sign, Griffith Observatory: Los Angeles is full of intriguing, entertaining, and touristy destinations and landmarks. There is a lot we associate with L.A. (ahem, movies anyone?), but like any city in the world, it also has its best-kept secrets. If you’re planning a visit to Los Angeles, check […]

Taking a plane can mean a lot of things: the beginning of an exciting vacation, the means by which you travel home from college, the place where one might run over notes before an out-of-town business meeting.
Whatever flying means to you, it doesn’t have to mean dry skin, sore muscles, fatigue, and/or an upset stomach. […]

So you’ve decided on your location, the method of travel and a few tourist attractions you want to visit on your vacation but now you need to decide if you can handle planning this big trip on your own or if you should enlist the help of a travel agent.
While the world has been made […]

As an art historian, I am passionate about the woman artist and her place in art historical discourse. So this week I present three museums in the United States that have changed the way women are included, and represented in the art world as artists, curators, and everything in between.
If you happen to visit any […]

As a newly minted college grad, I had one thing on my mind: buy a plane ticket to Europe and spend six week backpacking across the countries I had only ever dreamed of visiting. But after I started calculating the pricetag of my European adventure - from train tickets to food to all of those […]

Imagine replacing your four automobile tires in for four carriage wheels, four horse hooves or a set of bicycle tires.
Or what if you just used your own two feet? Sound crazy? Not for Mackinac Island residents, who live on a surprisingly mountain-like island around an area commonly known for it flat elevation.
The road looks like […]

“Getting away from it all” can take on many incarnations.
For some of us, a vacation of nothing but pampering and relaxation sounds like a dream. For others, the idea of sitting on a beach when there are waves to surf is agonizing.  
Pure relaxation can get a little old after a few days and a […]

When I was 15, I bought a tiny white and blue teacup in a basement of a kitchen supply store in San Francisco’s Chinatown for $3. I packed it carefully so it wouldn’t break on my trip home. Aside from a few postcards, it was the only souvenir I bought on that trip. To this […]