Category: Stories
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Toronto’s Windsor Arms Hotel: Queens for a Few Days
My daughter and I planned a trip to Toronto,Ontario for a “just the girls” trip before she settled into college. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in the greatest mood as we rode in the rain from Toronto Pearson International Airport to our destination that was located in the downtown section of the city, the Windsor Arms Hotel. This was to…
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Family Travel: Mom & Daughter Trip to Toronto
My daughter Sarah is going away to college this fall, and I wanted to take one last ” just the girls” trip with her before she fully started her own individual life adventures away from home. But where to go? Because of time constraints, we wanted to travel some place that was relatively close…
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St. Kitts History and Culture: Brimstone Hill Fortress, Romney Manor, Spice Mill, and Carambola
During my press trip to the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, I had the opportunity to see much of the island’s culture and history. On the third day, my group traveled to Brimstone Hill Fortress. This 800-foot high UNESCO World Heritage Site offers great views of the island and sea. …
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Exploring St. Kitts
The day after arriving in St. Kitts, my group and I had a full day of exploring this island. After I filled up on the breakfast buffet at St. Kitts Marriott we departed to first visit an organic Rasta farm overlooking the Caribbean Sea. …
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Arriving in St. Kitts
St. Kitts , an island in the West Indies that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea was spotted by Christopher Columbus in 1493. Nicknamed the “Sugar City” because of its sugar cane industry, the area has now focused for at least the last ten years on making this the tourist destination…
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How Do You Get To JFK/LaGuardia from Albany?
A few weeks ago I was invited to attend a press trip to the St. Kitts Marriott and Royal Beach Casino . I was very excited to go especially because I had never been to St. Kitts before, and I had heard great things about this resort. The hitch was that I needed to find…
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Kodak Playing Cards: Memories of Meeting John Glenn
If you’re like me, you have tons of photos of family gatherings and trips on your computer and cell phone. I love to look at them from time to time in order to bring back many great memories. I recently learned, though, that the Kodak Picture Kiosks in our local stores including CVS and Target…
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FDR Presidential Library Reopened and New Exhibition
Check out Edward Rothstein’s great article about the $35 million renovation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York. Mr. Rothstein writes that the effect is overwhelming because its new permanent exhibition so steadily recounts the history of this remarkable historical figure. Click here for the whole story. Don’t want to…
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LGBT-Specific Honeymoon Packages
Three beachside resorts are offering their congratulations on the Supreme Court’s ruling and defeat of DOMA in the form of LGBT-specific honeymoon packages. Sandton Kura Hulanda Resorts in Curacao, CasaMagna Marriott & JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa in Mexico and San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino in Puerto Rico are unveiling three different deals to celebrate equality, nuptials and tropical romance in…
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Travel News from NYC’s Book Expo America Including 10 Top European Destinations for 2013
Once a year, usually at around the end of May, thousands of members of the publishing industry gather together to attend Book Expo America. For awhile this premier convention used to take place at alternating parts of the country, but for now it has continued to remain in New York City’s sprawling…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 