Category: General
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Pitcher for the Mets Training To Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro this Month
Expedition News says that 37 year old Mets pitcher, R.A. Dickey, is training to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro by running in his Nashville neighborhood with a black mask covering his eyes, nose and mouth to limit his oxygen intake. Expedition News says the Wall Street Journal (Dec. 27) reports that it’s part of a lifelong ambition…
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Baltimore,Maryland-More Than Just a Stopover To Washington D.C.
As many of us know in the Albany, New York area, one of the cheapest ways of traveling to Washington D.C. by plane is flying Southwest Airlines from the Albany International Airport (ALB) to Baltimore’s airport (BWI) and then taking the shuttle, train or bus to D.C. But as I learned last month, Baltimore, itself,…
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Top of This Year’s Bucket List-Meeting Robert Ballard, Discoverer of the Titanic
If you’ve read my posts, you know that I have a great love for exploration, and that this has been an amazing year for fulfilling many of the goals on my bucket list. I’ve written about many adventures including going behind the scenes of the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), meeting famous world explorer…
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10 Adventure Travel Destinations To See in 2012: No Passport Required
Lauren Pearce of ARAMARK Parks and Destinations offers the following advise for travel adventure without having to leave our own nation: 1. See Big Game and Big Mountains with a Tour of Denali National Park, Alaska Roughly the size of Massachusetts, everything about Denali National Park and Preserve is huge—from housing North America’s largest peak…
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Gift Ideas For Practical Travelers
There are so many suggestions out there for last minute holiday travel gifts. Michelle Higgins of the New York Times had an interesting list of compact gifts for the travelers who want to pack light. Higgins mentions a super lightweight carry on, a puffy jacket that can turn into a travel pillow, and a collapsible…
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CSI: The Experience! at the Discovery Center
For years, CSI has been one of the most popular dramas on television so I was happy to be invited to take a look at CSI: The Experience! at the Discovery Center in New York City’s Times Square. This hands-on exhibit lets you play the role of a crime scene detective. Once my friend and…
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Victim of Road Rage -How Would You Handle It?
It’s that time of year again when holiday travel and crowded bargain hunting start making many drivers a bit edgy. But what about the ones that take their anger to the next level? It was a little over two years ago, but the memory of my last major experience with road rage can still really…
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Hotel Room Service and Your Calories
The New York Times reports that many hotel chains are trying to make room service more desirable. Some such as the Klimpton Hotels have rolled out a Travel Healthy menu. Others such as the Public in Chicago are trying to make this service more affordable. Still others like the Windsor Court in New Orleans provide…
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10 Most Slimming Vacations
Health.com compiled a list of ten vacation destinations that, they say, make it easy to eat healthy and get toned without trying. The judges included Samantha Brown,the host of Travel Channel shows including Great Weekends and Passport to Europe, Melisse Gelula is the co-founder of WellandGoodNYC.com andJim Kaese,Editor in Chief for AthleticMindedTraveler.com Here’s the list:…
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New Fashion Gifts on the C. Wonder Bus
A few months ago I had the wonderful opportunity to spend the day at Harper’s Bazaar Magazine in New York City. While I was there, I was invited to board the promotional bus for C Wonder that was parked outside the publication’s headquarters at Hearst Towers. I was asked to wait to show you the…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 