A trip to Winchester, Virginia is recommended as a fulcrum for a trip exploring the entire Shenandoah Valley — one of the most beautiful areas of the United States — and location for many Civil […]
Editor’s Note: this article comes from a series of emails through the years from George Billy, who spent summers, and winters, in Smallwood NY in the 1950’s when he was a teenager. George and I […]
I have been in Chicago numerous times through the years, all on the job and once on vacation — and always try to ignorantly plow forth and explore the town when work is done. I […]
Before you go to Dublin, Ireland, know this: The Vikings made it a major city in the 800’s due to its strategic location at the mouth of the River Liffey for trade between Scandinavia and […]
Louise Brooks — aka Lulu — was a country bumpkin from Kansas when she hit the NYC scene at age 15 as a Denishawn Dancer and later Ziegfeld Follies dancer — then in 1926 at age […]
You have seen Googie architecture — you just don’t know it. Googie architecture is the futuristic, Jetsons-like architecture used for the facade and interior of many cafes, eateries, motels, gas stations, drive-in movies, and other […]
Beach and surfboard culture exploded on the California coast of the 1950’s. The longboard became the surfboard of choice, and to haul it to the beach, young surfers bought used, cheap station wagons — typically […]
If you are going to France — especially Paris, France — then Henryk highly recommends the Chateau de Rochecotte — a Medieval Castle they have turned into a 4-Star hotel. It is 1.5 hours outside […]
If you are going to Wales, staying at the Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales is highly recommended. If you have no plans on going to Wales — you should consider going to the Celtic […]
Ode to a day when Train Travel ruled the world — its stations overfilled with people, smoking cigarettes. High ceilings were built — spectacularly high ceilings to dim the noise of so many people and […]
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