One of the first places I seek out in a new city, is the botanic garden.  What I have found over the years, is that not only to these gardens provide an escape from the busy cities that surround them, but that they often times have rich and fascinating histories, stories usually, of one person [...]

Like New Year’s resolutions, budgets are a nice thought but not so easy to follow through on. And with more people feeling the financial pinch, they are more important than ever. For many establishing a budget sounds like a lot of work, but in 30 min to an hour you can have your very [...]

We went to the East Village that night and had drinks in a hotel bar. The hotel had a Ballroom were Glamour Magazine featured the cast of ‘Gossip Girl’ partied at a while ago. We then rounded off our night with hot dog from a place called St. Marks.
 
The next day, it was finally time [...]

The Atlanta Hawks were able to pull off a narrow victory over the Phoenix Suns tonight at the Hawks home court at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta. Hawks fans who were in the city specifically for the game had great reason to celebrate as they returned to their rooms at some of the best hotels [...]

It’s been hard to talk about, because I get a little emotional, and I don’t always like to let people know my feelings.  I like to think that my feelings are better kept to myself, where I can sort of look them over and decide how I’m going to dress them up.  When I really [...]

What those in the United States name court tennis is actually real tennis, much like soccer in the US is known as football in the United Kingdom.  Real came from the term royal because that was what it referred to.  It was a favorite sport among those in royalty who loved to get good tennis [...]

It was Wednesday night when we arrived in New York City. We hailed a car from Penn Station and ran into a small disagreement with our driver. He wasn’t a taxi driver, but a town car service. We asked if he would charge taxi cab rates and he told us he would. But, when we [...]

I had a lay over once, in the Singapore Changi Airport.  It was a layover that promised, something that all layovers promise, a couple of hours of nothing to do.  But that promise was broken, as in this airport there is much to do.  People are coming to the Changi Airport in Singapore, just to [...]