3 Sort of Strange Places for a Hotel
Sure, it's easy to plop down your credit card at any of the kajillion of chain franchise hotels dotting this planet, but where's your sense of adventure, man? Why not stay somewhere a little offbeat and out of the ordinary? Need some ideas? Here are three hotels we...
It's Easy to Apply for Your First Passport
We ran into an interesting statistic today - 30% of Americans have passports. That number seems about right. New Jersey leads all states with 68% of citizens holding official passports, while Mississippi trails all other states with just under 20%. So, what's the big...
Pros and Cons of Moving to Dubai
Before deciding whether or not you should call the movers and prepare yourself to waltz off to Dubai, we need to understand what and where it is. The geographical location is on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, on the Arabian Peninsula. Though originally made...
Expatriate Executives Find Challenges in the New China
Some people leave the United States in search of adventure. Others expatriate because they don't like the look of things on the home front. And then there is the business class of expatriates – young and upwardly mobile corporate executives who have been entrusted the...
Vacation Theft Survival Guide
We all know it's probably not going to happen, but what if it does? We're talking about when you set your bag down on a busy street corner in Paris (or anywhere else your vacation habits take you) and the the thing disappears the moment your attention drifts. Worse,...
Visit the Museum of Socialist Art – or the Beach!
If you've been looking high and low for a legitimate reason to visit Sofia, Bulgaria, your prayers have been answered with the opening of the Museum of Socialist Art. The original name was to have been the Museum of Totalitarian Art but some of the old men in the...
10 Towns Resisting the Great Recession
Perhaps claiming the following 10 towns have been completely untouched by the recent Obama recession is a little farfetched. There surely have been at least a few citizens with recent experience in job loss, inflation and foreclosure, but, according to Moneywatch.com,...
Resurrecting the Surprising Past of San Francisco
San Francisco, California. Depending upon your political and cultural persuasion, the very name probably conjures a certain procession of images to mind, and they might all be correct. Today this central coastal California city is famous for food, far-left politics,...
Start Looking for QR Codes to Your Favorite Websites
If you haven't heard about Quick Response (QR) codes yet, you have now. As is the usual inevitable reality, stuff that has been way cool in Japan for years eventually finds it's way to our shores. So it is with QR codes. But what does this have to do with your...
Gunkhole Cruising – What's That?!
For some, the over-the-top nature of a big name cruise ship experience is all they could ever want from life. These floating homages to eating, gambling, entertainment and more set the stage for a perfect vacation. To others, the in-your-face excess of it all ruins...
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