Butler County PA: Pennsylvania’s Quirkiest Region
WHY GO: Butler County PA, just a short drive north of Pittsburgh, is so eclectic, it defies description. So I won’t try to define it. Just know that there’s... Read more.
Pittsburgh PA: Who’s Making Movies Today?
WHY GO: There are all kinds of reasons to visit Pittsburgh PA – the film industry is but one. With three rivers, 446 bridges (the most of any city i... Read more.
Johnstown PA: Remembering the Tragic Flood
WHY GO: The Johnstown Flood, which took the lives of 2,209 men, women and children in Johnstown PA in 1889, remains the deadliest flood and fourth deadliest Nat... Read more.
American Cruise Lines Review
The escalating hassles of international travel (not to mention a fearsome fear of flying) turned my attention recently to a type of vacation that has been growi... Read more.
Harrisburg PA: PA’s Great, Too Long Ignored, Capital City
WHY GO: Harrisburg PA is a revelation in every sense of the word. The nearly invisible, ignored, mini-metropolis between Pennsylvania’s “only” citie... Read more.
EVEN Hotel, Norwalk, CT
First Impressions of EVEN Hotel Norwalk CT I hope this is the beginning of a wonderful trend in hospitality – that of the hotel as gym, health food restaurant... Read more.
Block Island RI: Slow Down and Walk
WHY GO: The smallest and closest of the New England Islands (along with Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket), it’s slightly over an hour from New London, CT... Read more.
Montreux Switzerland And All That Jazz
Ordinarily, Montreux Switzerland is a scenic, sleepy town on Lake Geneva. But once a year, it burst into buzzy, bebop, bluesy beats when the Jazz Festival... Read more.
Red Bank NJ: Where Pop-Culture and Mom and Pop Converge
WHY GO: What Red Bank NJ lacks in museums or historic sites, it more than makes up for in pop-culture. Declared one of the nation’s “Coolest Towns” by Smi... Read more.
Atlantic City NJ: Who Needs Casinos When You have The Boardwalk?
WHY GO: Once upon a time, Atlantic City was the “place to be” on the East Coast, with what was called “the most historic pedestrian promenade in the world... Read more.