The holidays are behind us but the next big holiday will arrive shortly – spring break! In the following video, The Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown gives families traveling some great tips for making holiday travel smoother, more fun and a great bonding experience. She gives some fantastic ideas for last minute accommodations for family members…
Our modern media and popular culture don’t reward compassion. It’s all about me; I need to be famous or noticed, often at the expense of others. From “American Idol” auditions to a simple Facebook status update, we are training ourselves and our children to focus on themselves – so how do we change that? Compassion is…
When Hurricane Katrina struck Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and Hurricane Rita hit Florida, Louisiana and Texas, it was one of the worst natural disasters to hit the United States. Aside from death and destruction, few people know what happened to the hundreds of thousands of cars that were totaled, most of them flooded by…
“They’re really rockin’ in Boston In Pittsburgh, Pa. Deep in the heart of Texas And round the ‘Frisco Bay All over St.Louis And down in New Orleans All the cats wanna dance with Sweet Little Sixteen ” So go the lyrics of one of the icons of the music industry, both as a songwriter and…
In my former occupation, I spent a lot of time on the road, or on a plane. Business travel was a way of life. But one of the nice benefits from it was a chance to check out interesting and unique places to eat while I was traveling. After all, one can only eat at…
In my former occupation, I spent a lot of time on the road, or on a plane. Business travel was a way of life. But one of the nice benefits from it was a chance to check out interesting and unique places to eat while I was traveling. After all, one can only eat at…
When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. So ends the film “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” with James Stewart and John Wayne. Legends sometimes are less than truthful, sometimes are a stretch of the imagination, sometimes they are 100% true. But at one time or another, they could have been an urban legend….